#42A262#42A262

#42A262 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.132 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A262
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(140, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(140, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 39.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -42.89, 25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 49.68, 149.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.1161 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.132 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3704, 27.8791, 16.0187)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A262 #A24282

analogous

#52A242 #42A262 #42A292

triadic

#42A262 #6242A2 #A26242

tetradic

#42A262 #4252A2 #A24282 #A29242

square

#42A262 #4252A2 #A24282 #A29242

split-complementary

#42A262 #9242A2 #A24252

monochromatic

#1F4B2D #307748 #42A262 #62BF81 #8ED1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#42A262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#42A262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A262

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A262	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2955E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968C66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.132 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbe8f',
    500: '#42a262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a262;
$custom-light: #7fbe8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63854,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A262

secondary

#BC84A9

accent

#56A9D2

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A262

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

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