#42AA38#42AA38

#42AA38 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.180 H 141.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AA38
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(115, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(115, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -51.88, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 70.80, 137.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.1414 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.18 141.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3344, 30.1916, 8.6547)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AA38 #A038AA

analogous

#7BAA38 #42AA38 #38AA67

triadic

#42AA38 #3842AA #AA3842

tetradic

#42AA38 #387BAA #A038AA #AA6738

square

#42AA38 #387BAA #A038AA #AA6738

split-complementary

#42AA38 #6738AA #AA387B

monochromatic

#1E4E1A #307C29 #42AA38 #61C857 #8DD785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#42AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#42AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AA38

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AA38	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.180 141.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c474',
    500: '#42aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aa38;
$custom-light: #82c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.737,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65362,
    "c": 0.17982,
    "h": 141.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AA38

secondary

#BB7DC1

accent

#4EDACE

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AA38

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

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