#42A261#42A261

#42A261 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.133 H 151.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A261
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(139, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(139, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 40.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -43.07, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 50.10, 149.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.1166 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.133 151.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3235, 27.8604, 15.7716)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A261 #A24283

analogous

#53A242 #42A261 #42A291

triadic

#42A261 #6142A2 #A26142

tetradic

#42A261 #4253A2 #A24283 #A29142

square

#42A261 #4253A2 #A24283 #A29142

split-complementary

#42A261 #9142A2 #A24253

monochromatic

#1F4B2D #307747 #42A261 #62BF80 #8ED1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#42A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#42A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A261

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A261	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3955C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968C65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.133 151.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbe8e',
    500: '#42a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a261;
$custom-light: #7fbe8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.375,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63834,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 151.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A261

secondary

#BC84AA

accent

#56AAD2

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A261

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

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