#42A239#42A239

#42A239 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.169 H 141.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A239
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(115, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(115, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 64.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -48.80, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 66.33, 137.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.1331 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.169 141.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9048, 27.2929, 8.3000)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A239 #9939A2

analogous

#76A239 #42A239 #39A264

triadic

#42A239 #3942A2 #A23942

tetradic

#42A239 #3976A2 #9939A2 #A26439

square

#42A239 #3976A2 #9939A2 #A26439

split-complementary

#42A239 #6439A2 #A23976

monochromatic

#1D4719 #307529 #42A239 #5EC355 #89D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#42A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#42A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A239

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A239	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.169 141.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be74',
    500: '#42a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a239;
$custom-light: #81be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.857,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.16905,
    "h": 141.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A239

secondary

#B77ABD

accent

#50D8CC

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A239

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

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