#42A536#42A536

#42A536 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.175 H 141.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A536
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(114, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(114, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -50.23, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 68.97, 136.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.1371 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.175 141.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3669, 28.3334, 8.0957)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A536 #9936A5

analogous

#79A536 #42A536 #36A562

triadic

#42A536 #3642A5 #A53642

tetradic

#42A536 #3679A5 #9936A5 #A56236

square

#42A536 #3679A5 #9936A5 #A56236

split-complementary

#42A536 #6236A5 #A53679

monochromatic

#1D4918 #307727 #42A536 #5EC652 #89D580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#42A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#42A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A536

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A536	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A08E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.175 141.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c172',
    500: '#42a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a536;
$custom-light: #81c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.514,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64011,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 141.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A536

secondary

#B778BF

accent

#4EDACB

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A536

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

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