#42A246#42A246

#42A246 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.158 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A246
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(123, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(123, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 56.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -47.28, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 61.31, 140.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1283 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.158 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2716, 27.4396, 10.2321)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A246 #A2429E

analogous

#6EA242 #42A246 #42A276

triadic

#42A246 #4642A2 #A24642

tetradic

#42A246 #426EA2 #A2429E #A27642

square

#42A246 #426EA2 #A2429E #A27642

split-complementary

#42A246 #7642A2 #A2426E

monochromatic

#1F4B20 #307733 #42A246 #62BF66 #8ED190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#42A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#42A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A246

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A246	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5943D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.158 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80be7c',
    500: '#42a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a246;
$custom-light: #80be7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63394,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A246

secondary

#BC84BA

accent

#56CDD2

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B120A

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A246

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

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