#42A524#42A524

#42A524 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.186 H 139.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A524
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(106, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(106, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -51.67, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 74.69, 133.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.142 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.186 139.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0196, 28.1944, 6.2666)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A524 #8724A5

analogous

#82A524 #42A524 #24A547

triadic

#42A524 #2442A5 #A52442

tetradic

#42A524 #2482A5 #8724A5 #A54724

square

#42A524 #2482A5 #8724A5 #A54724

split-complementary

#42A524 #4724A5 #A52482

monochromatic

#1A410E #2E7319 #42A524 #59D334 #82DE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#42A524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#42A524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A524

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A524	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.186 139.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c169',
    500: '#42a524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a524;
$custom-light: #82c169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.047,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63868,
    "c": 0.18621,
    "h": 139.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A524

secondary

#AC62C3

accent

#41E7C0

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1207

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A524

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

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