#42A42E#42A42E

#42A42E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.179 H 140.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A42E
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(110, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(110, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -50.58, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 71.18, 135.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.1385 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.179 140.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0146, 27.9050, 7.1265)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A42E #902EA4

analogous

#7DA42E #42A42E #2EA455

triadic

#42A42E #2E42A4 #A42E42

tetradic

#42A42E #2E7DA4 #902EA4 #A4552E

square

#42A42E #2E7DA4 #902EA4 #A4552E

split-complementary

#42A42E #552EA4 #A42E7D

monochromatic

#1C4413 #2F7421 #42A42E #5BCB45 #85D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#42A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#42A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A42E

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A42E	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)

#A8951B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.179 140.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c06e',
    500: '#42a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a42e;
$custom-light: #82c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.831,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63672,
    "c": 0.17926,
    "h": 140.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A42E

secondary

#B26EC0

accent

#48DFC6

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A42E

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

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