#42A532#42A532

#42A532 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.178 H 141.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A532
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(112, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(112, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -50.60, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 70.35, 135.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.1383 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.178 141.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2768, 28.2973, 7.6212)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A532 #9532A5

analogous

#7CA532 #42A532 #32A55C

triadic

#42A532 #3242A5 #A53242

tetradic

#42A532 #327CA5 #9532A5 #A55C32

square

#42A532 #327CA5 #9532A5 #A55C32

split-complementary

#42A532 #5C32A5 #A5327C

monochromatic

#1C4716 #2F7624 #42A532 #5DC94C #87D77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#42A532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#42A532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A532

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A532	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34A08E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.178 141.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c170',
    500: '#42a532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a532;
$custom-light: #82c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.652,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63974,
    "c": 0.17785,
    "h": 141.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A532

secondary

#B573BF

accent

#4BDDC9

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A532

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

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