#42A533#42A533

#42A533 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.177 H 141.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A533
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(112, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(112, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -50.51, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 70.01, 136.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.138 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.177 141.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2986, 28.3060, 7.7360)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A533 #9633A5

analogous

#7BA533 #42A533 #33A55D

triadic

#42A533 #3342A5 #A53342

tetradic

#42A533 #337BA5 #9633A5 #A55D33

square

#42A533 #337BA5 #9633A5 #A55D33

split-complementary

#42A533 #5D33A5 #A5337B

monochromatic

#1D4816 #2F7625 #42A533 #5DC84D #88D67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#42A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#42A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A533

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A533	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)

#A99623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A08E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.177 141.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c171',
    500: '#42a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a533;
$custom-light: #82c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.105,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63982,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 141.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A533

secondary

#B575BF

accent

#4CDCC9

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A533

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

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