#42A520#42A520

#42A520 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.188 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A520
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(105, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(105, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -51.91, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 75.75, 133.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.1429 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.188 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9619, 28.1714, 5.9627)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A520 #8320A5

analogous

#84A520 #42A520 #20A540

triadic

#42A520 #2042A5 #A52042

tetradic

#42A520 #2084A5 #8320A5 #A54020

square

#42A520 #2084A5 #8320A5 #A54020

split-complementary

#42A520 #4020A5 #A52084

monochromatic

#193E0C #2D7216 #42A520 #58D62C #80E05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#42A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#42A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A520

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A520	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.188 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c167',
    500: '#42a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a520;
$custom-light: #82c167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 104.662,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63844,
    "c": 0.18816,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A520

secondary

#AA5CC5

accent

#3DEABE

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1207

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A520

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

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