#42A342#42A342

#42A342 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.163 H 143.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A342
RGB	rgb(66, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(120, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -48.17, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 63.44, 139.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.1309 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.163 143.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3264, 27.7445, 9.6481)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A342 #A342A3

analogous

#73A342 #42A342 #42A373

triadic

#42A342 #4242A3 #A34242

tetradic

#42A342 #4273A3 #A342A3 #A37342

square

#42A342 #4273A3 #A342A3 #A37342

split-complementary

#42A342 #7342A3 #A34273

monochromatic

#1F4C1F #307730 #42A342 #63C063 #8ED18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#42A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#42A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A342

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A342	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.163 143.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bf7a',
    500: '#42a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a342;
$custom-light: #81bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63609,
    "c": 0.1631,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A342

secondary

#BC84BC

accent

#56D2D2

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A342

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

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