#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
RGBrgb(66, 165, 54)
HSLhsl(114, 51%, 43%)
HSVhsv(114, 67%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 0%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.19, -50.23, 47.26)
CIE-LCHlch(60.19, 68.97, 136.74°)
OKLaboklab(64.01% -0.1371 0.1089)
OKLCHoklch(64.01% 0.175 141.5)
XYZxyz(16.3669, 28.3334, 8.0957)
Luminance0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##42A5361.003.156.676.67
#FFFFFF3.151.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6721.001.001.00
##0000006.6721.001.001.00

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

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#42A536 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva