#42A55E#42A55E

#42A55E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.140 H 150.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A55E
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(137, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(137, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 43%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -44.84, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 53.06, 147.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.1212 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.14 150)
XYZ	xyz(17.7210, 28.8750, 15.2271)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A55E #A54289

analogous

#57A542 #42A55E #42A590

triadic

#42A55E #5E42A5 #A55E42

tetradic

#42A55E #4257A5 #A54289 #A59042

square

#42A55E #4257A5 #A54289 #A59042

split-complementary

#42A55E #9042A5 #A54257

monochromatic

#1F4E2C #317945 #42A55E #63C17E #8FD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#42A55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#42A55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A55E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A55E	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.140 150.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c08c',
    500: '#42a55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a55e;
$custom-light: #80c08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.97,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64564,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 150
  },
  "luminance": 0.28877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A55E

secondary

#BD85AE

accent

#55AFD3

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A55E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →