#42A540#42A540

#42A540 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.167 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A540
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(119, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(119, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -49.17, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 65.27, 138.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.1337 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.167 143)
XYZ	xyz(16.6264, 28.4372, 9.4622)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A540 #A340A5

analogous

#74A540 #42A540 #40A571

triadic

#42A540 #4042A5 #A54042

tetradic

#42A540 #4074A5 #A340A5 #A57140

square

#42A540 #4074A5 #A340A5 #A57140

split-complementary

#42A540 #7140A5 #A54074

monochromatic

#1F4D1E #30792F #42A540 #63C261 #8ED38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#42A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#42A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A540

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A540	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A08F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.167 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c178',
    500: '#42a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a540;
$custom-light: #81c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.812,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64117,
    "c": 0.16737,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.28439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A540

secondary

#BC83BE

accent

#54D4D1

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A540

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

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