#42A271#42A271

#42A271 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A271
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 113)
HSL	hsl(149, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(149, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 30.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -39.94, 17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 43.50, 156.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.109 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.118 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1461, 28.1894, 20.1044)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A271 #A24273

analogous

#43A242 #42A271 #42A2A1

triadic

#42A271 #7142A2 #A27142

tetradic

#42A271 #4243A2 #A24273 #A2A142

square

#42A271 #4243A2 #A24273 #A2A142

split-complementary

#42A271 #A142A2 #A24243

monochromatic

#1F4B34 #307753 #42A271 #62BF90 #8ED1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#42A271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#42A271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A271

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A271	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1966E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbe9a',
    500: '#42a271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a271;
$custom-light: #7fbe9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.375,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64175,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A271

secondary

#BC84A0

accent

#5695D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A271

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

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