#42A249#42A249

#42A249 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.156 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A249
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(124, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(124, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 54.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -46.88, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 60.10, 141.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.1271 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.156 144.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3687, 27.4785, 10.7433)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A249 #A2429B

analogous

#6BA242 #42A249 #42A279

triadic

#42A249 #4942A2 #A24942

tetradic

#42A249 #426BA2 #A2429B #A27942

square

#42A249 #426BA2 #A2429B #A27942

split-complementary

#42A249 #7942A2 #A2426B

monochromatic

#1F4B22 #307735 #42A249 #62BF69 #8ED193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#42A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#42A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A249

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A249	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.156 144.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80be7e',
    500: '#42a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a249;
$custom-light: #80be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.375,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63435,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A249

secondary

#BC84B8

accent

#56C9D2

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B120A

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A249

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

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