#42A548#42A548

#42A548 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.161 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A548
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(124, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(124, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 56.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -48.18, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 62.14, 140.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.1306 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.161 144.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8706, 28.5348, 10.7484)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A548 #A5429F

analogous

#6EA542 #42A548 #42A579

triadic

#42A548 #4842A5 #A54842

tetradic

#42A548 #426EA5 #A5429F #A57942

square

#42A548 #426EA5 #A5429F #A57942

split-complementary

#42A548 #7942A5 #A5426E

monochromatic

#1F4E22 #317935 #42A548 #63C169 #8FD293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#42A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#42A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A548

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A548	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8973F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FA190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.161 144.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c07d',
    500: '#42a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a548;
$custom-light: #81c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.636,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64217,
    "c": 0.16059,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A548

secondary

#BD85BA

accent

#55CBD3

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B120A

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A548

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

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