#42A372#42A372

#42A372 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.118 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A372
RGB	rgb(66, 163, 114)
HSL	hsl(150, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(150, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 30.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -40.16, 17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 43.67, 156.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.1097 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.118 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3796, 28.5658, 20.4615)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A372 #A34273

analogous

#42A342 #42A372 #42A3A3

triadic

#42A372 #7242A3 #A37242

tetradic

#42A372 #4242A3 #A34273 #A3A342

square

#42A372 #4242A3 #A34273 #A3A342

split-complementary

#42A372 #A342A3 #A34242

monochromatic

#1F4C35 #307754 #42A372 #63C091 #8ED1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#42A372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#42A372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A372

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A372	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948E75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 163, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.118 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbf9a',
    500: '#42a372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a372;
$custom-light: #7fbf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.691,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64458,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A372

secondary

#BC84A1

accent

#5695D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A372

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

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