#42A640#42A640

#42A640 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.169 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A640
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(119, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(119, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 61.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, -49.54, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 65.80, 138.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.1347 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.169 143)
XYZ	xyz(16.8075, 28.7993, 9.5226)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A640 #A440A6

analogous

#75A640 #42A640 #40A671

triadic

#42A640 #4042A6 #A64042

tetradic

#42A640 #4075A6 #A440A6 #A67140

square

#42A640 #4075A6 #A440A6 #A67140

split-complementary

#42A640 #7140A6 #A64075

monochromatic

#1F4E1E #307A2F #42A640 #63C261 #8FD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#42A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#42A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A640

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A640	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.169 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c178',
    500: '#42a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a640;
$custom-light: #81c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.824,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64383,
    "c": 0.16866,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.28801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A640

secondary

#BD84BE

accent

#54D4D2

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#EFF8ED

border

#CAD1C8

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A640

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

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