#42AA2A#42AA2A

#42AA2A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.189 H 140.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AA2A
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(109, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(109, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -53.06, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 75.36, 134.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.1454 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.189 140.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0386, 30.0733, 7.0969)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AA2A #922AAA

analogous

#82AA2A #42AA2A #2AAA52

triadic

#42AA2A #2A42AA #AA2A42

tetradic

#42AA2A #2A82AA #922AAA #AA522A

square

#42AA2A #2A82AA #922AAA #AA522A

split-complementary

#42AA2A #522AAA #AA2A82

monochromatic

#1C4812 #2F791E #42AA2A #5CD041 #86DC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#42AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#42AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AA2A

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AA2A	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.189 140.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c46d',
    500: '#42aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aa2a;
$custom-light: #83c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.75,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65246,
    "c": 0.18881,
    "h": 140.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AA2A

secondary

#B36CC3

accent

#44E4C6

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AA2A

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

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