#42A830#42A830

#42A830 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.183 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A830
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(111, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(111, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 71.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -51.87, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 72.51, 135.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.1419 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.183 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7821, 29.3754, 7.5814)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A830 #9630A8

analogous

#7EA830 #42A830 #30A85A

triadic

#42A830 #3042A8 #A83042

tetradic

#42A830 #307EA8 #9630A8 #A85A30

square

#42A830 #307EA8 #9630A8 #A85A30

split-complementary

#42A830 #5A30A8 #A8307E

monochromatic

#1D4915 #2F7822 #42A830 #5DCB4A #88D97A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#42A830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#42A830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A830

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A830	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC991D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.183 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c36f',
    500: '#42a830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a830;
$custom-light: #82c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64758,
    "c": 0.18282,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A830

secondary

#B573C1

accent

#49DFC8

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1208

muted

#7D817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A830

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

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