#42AA37#42AA37

#42AA37 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.181 H 141.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AA37
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(114, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(114, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -51.98, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 71.15, 136.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.1418 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.181 141.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3102, 30.1819, 8.5272)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AA37 #9F37AA

analogous

#7CAA37 #42AA37 #37AA66

triadic

#42AA37 #3742AA #AA3742

tetradic

#42AA37 #377CAA #9F37AA #AA6637

square

#42AA37 #377CAA #9F37AA #AA6637

split-complementary

#42AA37 #6637AA #AA377C

monochromatic

#1E4E19 #307C28 #42AA37 #61C856 #8CD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#42AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#42AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AA37

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AA37	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.181 141.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c473',
    500: '#42aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aa37;
$custom-light: #82c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65353,
    "c": 0.18053,
    "h": 141.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AA37

secondary

#BA7CC1

accent

#4DDBCD

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AA37

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

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