#42AB42#42AB42

#42AB42 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.173 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AB42
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(120, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -51.19, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 67.66, 139.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.1391 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.173 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7920, 30.6757, 10.1366)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AB42 #AB42AB

analogous

#77AB42 #42AB42 #42AB77

triadic

#42AB42 #4242AB #AB4242

tetradic

#42AB42 #4277AB #AB42AB #AB7742

square

#42AB42 #4277AB #AB42AB #AB7742

split-complementary

#42AB42 #7742AB #AB4277

monochromatic

#205320 #317F31 #42AB42 #66C466 #92D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42AB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#42AB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AB42

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AB42	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EA695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.173 143.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c57a',
    500: '#42ab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ab42;
$custom-light: #82c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65734,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AB42

secondary

#C088C0

accent

#54D4D4

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8EE

border

#CBD1C9

text

#0B1309

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AB42

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

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