#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
RGBrgb(66, 165, 62)
HSLhsl(118, 45%, 45%)
HSVhsv(118, 62%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 0%, 62.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.26, -49.39, 43.83)
CIE-LCHlch(60.26, 66.03, 138.42°)
OKLaboklab(64.09% -0.1344 0.1024)
OKLCHoklch(64.09% 0.169 142.7)
XYZxyz(16.5705, 28.4148, 9.1679)
Luminance0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##42A53E1.003.146.686.68
#FFFFFF3.141.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6821.001.001.00
##0000006.6821.001.001.00

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

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#42A53E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva