#42A237#42A237

#42A237 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.171 H 141.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A237
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(114, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(114, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -49.01, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 67.07, 136.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.1337 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.171 141.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8559, 27.2733, 8.0424)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A237 #9737A2

analogous

#77A237 #42A237 #37A262

triadic

#42A237 #3742A2 #A23742

tetradic

#42A237 #3777A2 #9737A2 #A26237

square

#42A237 #3777A2 #9737A2 #A26237

split-complementary

#42A237 #6237A2 #A23777

monochromatic

#1D4718 #2F7427 #42A237 #5EC452 #88D480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#42A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#42A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A237

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A237	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)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.171 141.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be73',
    500: '#42a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a237;
$custom-light: #81be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.832,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63219,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 141.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A237

secondary

#B678BD

accent

#4FD9CB

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A237

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →