#42A549#42A549

#42A549 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.160 H 144.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A549
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(124, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(124, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -48.05, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 61.74, 141.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.1302 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.16 144.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9035, 28.5480, 10.9216)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A549 #A5429E

analogous

#6DA542 #42A549 #42A57A

triadic

#42A549 #4942A5 #A54942

tetradic

#42A549 #426DA5 #A5429E #A57A42

square

#42A549 #426DA5 #A5429E #A57A42

split-complementary

#42A549 #7A42A5 #A5426D

monochromatic

#1F4E22 #317936 #42A549 #63C16A #8FD294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#42A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#42A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A549

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A549	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)

#A89740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EA190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.160 144.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c07e',
    500: '#42a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a549;
$custom-light: #81c07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.242,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64231,
    "c": 0.15971,
    "h": 144.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A549

secondary

#BD85BA

accent

#55CAD3

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B120A

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A549

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

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