#42A23E#42A23E

#42A23E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.165 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A23E
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(118, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(118, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 61.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -48.25, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 64.45, 138.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1313 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.165 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0357, 27.3453, 8.9896)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A23E #9E3EA2

analogous

#74A23E #42A23E #3EA26C

triadic

#42A23E #3E42A2 #A23E42

tetradic

#42A23E #3E74A2 #9E3EA2 #A26C3E

square

#42A23E #3E74A2 #9E3EA2 #A26C3E

split-complementary

#42A23E #6C3EA2 #A23E74

monochromatic

#1E491C #30762D #42A23E #60C15C #8CD289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#42A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#42A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A23E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A23E	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.165 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be77',
    500: '#42a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a23e;
$custom-light: #81be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.6,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63295,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A23E

secondary

#BA80BC

accent

#53D4CF

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A23E

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

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