#42A463#42A463

#42A463 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.134 H 151.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A463
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 99)
HSL	hsl(140, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(140, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 39.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -43.54, 25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 50.41, 149.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.1179 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.134 151.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7730, 28.6083, 16.3873)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A463 #A44283

analogous

#52A442 #42A463 #42A494

triadic

#42A463 #6342A4 #A46342

tetradic

#42A463 #4252A4 #A44283 #A49442

square

#42A463 #4252A4 #A44283 #A49442

split-complementary

#42A463 #9442A4 #A44252

monochromatic

#1F4D2E #307849 #42A463 #63C082 #8FD2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#42A463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#42A463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A463

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A463	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#A4975F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.134 151.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c090',
    500: '#42a463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a463;
$custom-light: #80c090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.204,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64397,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 151.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A463

secondary

#BD85AA

accent

#55A8D2

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A463

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

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