#42A462#42A462

#42A462 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.135 H 151.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A462
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(140, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(140, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 40.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -43.72, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 50.82, 149.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.1183 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.135 151.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7255, 28.5893, 16.1371)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A462 #A44284

analogous

#53A442 #42A462 #42A493

triadic

#42A462 #6242A4 #A46242

tetradic

#42A462 #4253A4 #A44284 #A49342

square

#42A462 #4253A4 #A44284 #A49342

split-complementary

#42A462 #9342A4 #A44253

monochromatic

#1F4D2E #307848 #42A462 #63C081 #8FD2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#42A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#42A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A462

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A462	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5975D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.135 151.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c08f',
    500: '#42a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a462;
$custom-light: #80c08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.592,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64377,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 151.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A462

secondary

#BD85AB

accent

#55AAD2

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A462

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

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