#42A550#42A550

#42A550 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.153 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A550
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(128, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(128, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 51.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -47.07, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 58.89, 143.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.1274 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.153 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1488, 28.6461, 12.2134)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A550 #A54297

analogous

#65A542 #42A550 #42A581

triadic

#42A550 #5042A5 #A55042

tetradic

#42A550 #4265A5 #A54297 #A58142

square

#42A550 #4265A5 #A54297 #A58142

split-complementary

#42A550 #8142A5 #A54265

monochromatic

#1F4E26 #31793B #42A550 #63C171 #8FD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#42A550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#42A550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A550

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A550	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.153 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c083',
    500: '#42a550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a550;
$custom-light: #80c083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.485,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64331,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A550

secondary

#BD85B6

accent

#55C1D3

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7EF

border

#CAD0CA

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A550

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

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