#42A338#42A338

#42A338 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.171 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A338
RGB	rgb(66, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(114, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(114, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -49.28, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 67.22, 137.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.1344 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.171 141.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0570, 27.6367, 8.2289)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A338 #9938A3

analogous

#77A338 #42A338 #38A364

triadic

#42A338 #3842A3 #A33842

tetradic

#42A338 #3877A3 #9938A3 #A36438

square

#42A338 #3877A3 #9938A3 #A36438

split-complementary

#42A338 #6438A3 #A33877

monochromatic

#1D4819 #307528 #42A338 #5EC454 #89D482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#42A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#42A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A338

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A338	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.171 141.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bf73',
    500: '#42a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a338;
$custom-light: #81bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.393,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63496,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A338

secondary

#B779BD

accent

#4FD8CC

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A338

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

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