#42A643#42A643

#42A643 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.166 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A643
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(121, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(121, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 59.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, -49.19, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 64.64, 139.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.1336 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.166 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8951, 28.8344, 9.9843)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A643 #A642A5

analogous

#73A642 #42A643 #42A675

triadic

#42A643 #4342A6 #A64342

tetradic

#42A643 #4273A6 #A642A5 #A67542

square

#42A643 #4273A6 #A642A5 #A67542

split-complementary

#42A643 #7542A6 #A64273

monochromatic

#1F4E20 #317A31 #42A643 #64C165 #90D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#42A643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#42A643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A643

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A643	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.166 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c17a',
    500: '#42a643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a643;
$custom-light: #81c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64419,
    "c": 0.16619,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A643

secondary

#BE86BD

accent

#55D2D3

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#EFF8EE

border

#CAD1C9

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A643

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

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