#42A242#42A242

#42A242 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.162 H 143.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A242
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(120, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -47.78, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 62.90, 139.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.1298 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.162 143.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1496, 27.3908, 9.5891)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A242 #A242A2

analogous

#72A242 #42A242 #42A272

triadic

#42A242 #4242A2 #A24242

tetradic

#42A242 #4272A2 #A242A2 #A27242

square

#42A242 #4272A2 #A242A2 #A27242

split-complementary

#42A242 #7242A2 #A24272

monochromatic

#1F4B1F #307730 #42A242 #62BF62 #8ED18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#42A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#42A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A242

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A242	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.162 143.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80be79',
    500: '#42a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a242;
$custom-light: #80be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0.16178,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A242

secondary

#BC84BC

accent

#56D2D2

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A242

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

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