#42A53E#42A53E

#42A53E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.169 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A53E
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(118, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(118, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 62.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -49.39, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 66.03, 138.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.1344 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.169 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5705, 28.4148, 9.1679)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A53E #A13EA5

analogous

#76A53E #42A53E #3EA56E

triadic

#42A53E #3E42A5 #A53E42

tetradic

#42A53E #3E76A5 #A13EA5 #A56E3E

square

#42A53E #3E76A5 #A13EA5 #A56E3E

split-complementary

#42A53E #6E3EA5 #A53E76

monochromatic

#1E4C1D #30792D #42A53E #62C25E #8DD38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#42A53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#42A53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A53E

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A53E	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A08F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.169 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c177',
    500: '#42a53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a53e;
$custom-light: #81c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.67,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64094,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A53E

secondary

#BB81BE

accent

#53D5D0

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A53E

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

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