#42A554#42A554

#42A554 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.150 H 147.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A554
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 84)
HSL	hsl(131, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(131, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 49.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -46.47, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 57.24, 144.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.1257 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.15 147.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3010, 28.7070, 13.0151)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A554 #A54293

analogous

#61A542 #42A554 #42A585

triadic

#42A554 #5442A5 #A55442

tetradic

#42A554 #4261A5 #A54293 #A58542

square

#42A554 #4261A5 #A54293 #A58542

split-complementary

#42A554 #8542A5 #A54261

monochromatic

#1F4E27 #31793E #42A554 #63C174 #8FD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#42A554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#42A554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A554

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A554	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.150 147.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c085',
    500: '#42a554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a554;
$custom-light: #80c085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.909,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64393,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 147.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A554

secondary

#BD85B3

accent

#55BCD3

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7EF

border

#CAD0CA

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A554

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

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