#42A438#42A438

#42A438 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.172 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A438
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(114, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(114, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -49.66, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 67.74, 137.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.1354 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.172 141.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2352, 27.9932, 8.2883)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#42A438 #9A38A4

analogous

#78A438 #42A438 #38A464

triadic

#42A438 #3842A4 #A43842

tetradic

#42A438 #3878A4 #9A38A4 #A46438

square

#42A438 #3878A4 #9A38A4 #A46438

split-complementary

#42A438 #6438A4 #A43878

monochromatic

#1D4919 #307628 #42A438 #5FC554 #8AD482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#42A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#42A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A438

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A438	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.172 141.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c073',
    500: '#42a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a438;
$custom-light: #81c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.444,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63763,
    "c": 0.17233,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A438

secondary

#B87ABE

accent

#4FD9CC

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A438

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

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