#42A236#42A236

#42A236 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.171 H 141.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A236
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(113, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(113, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -49.11, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 67.43, 136.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.1341 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.171 141.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8322, 27.2638, 7.9174)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A236 #9636A2

analogous

#78A236 #42A236 #36A260

triadic

#42A236 #3642A2 #A23642

tetradic

#42A236 #3678A2 #9636A2 #A26036

square

#42A236 #3678A2 #9636A2 #A26036

split-complementary

#42A236 #6036A2 #A23678

monochromatic

#1D4617 #2F7427 #42A236 #5DC550 #88D47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#42A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#42A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A236

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A236	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.171 141.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be72',
    500: '#42a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a236;
$custom-light: #81be72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63209,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 141.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A236

secondary

#B577BD

accent

#4EDACA

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A236

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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