#42A962#42A962

#42A962 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.142 H 150.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A962
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(139, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(139, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 42%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -45.77, 28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 53.65, 148.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.1237 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.142 150.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6379, 30.4142, 16.4412)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A962 #A94289

analogous

#55A942 #42A962 #42A995

triadic

#42A962 #6242A9 #A96242

tetradic

#42A962 #4255A9 #A94289 #A99542

square

#42A962 #4255A9 #A94289 #A99542

split-complementary

#42A962 #9542A9 #A94255

monochromatic

#20512F #317D48 #42A962 #65C382 #91D4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#42A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#42A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A962

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A962	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.142 150.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c38f',
    500: '#42a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a962;
$custom-light: #81c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.641,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65686,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 150.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A962

secondary

#C087AE

accent

#54ACD4

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A962

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

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