#42A431#42A431

#42A431 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.177 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A431
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(111, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(111, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -50.32, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 70.19, 135.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.1376 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.177 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0758, 27.9295, 7.4489)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A431 #9331A4

analogous

#7CA431 #42A431 #31A459

triadic

#42A431 #3142A4 #A43142

tetradic

#42A431 #317CA4 #9331A4 #A45931

square

#42A431 #317CA4 #9331A4 #A45931

split-complementary

#42A431 #5931A4 #A4317C

monochromatic

#1C4615 #2F7523 #42A431 #5CC949 #87D779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#42A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#42A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A431

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A431	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.177 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c06f',
    500: '#42a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a431;
$custom-light: #82c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.13,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63697,
    "c": 0.1773,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A431

secondary

#B472BF

accent

#4ADDC8

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A431

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

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