#42AC36#42AC36

#42AC36 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.184 H 141.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC36
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(114, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(114, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -52.80, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 72.50, 136.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.144 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.184 141.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6642, 30.9280, 8.5281)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC36 #A036AC

analogous

#7DAC36 #42AC36 #36AC65

triadic

#42AC36 #3642AC #AC3642

tetradic

#42AC36 #367DAC #A036AC #AC6536

square

#42AC36 #367DAC #A036AC #AC6536

split-complementary

#42AC36 #6536AC #AC367D

monochromatic

#1E4F19 #307D27 #42AC36 #61CA55 #8DD884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#42AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#42AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC36

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC36	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.184 141.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c673',
    500: '#42ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac36;
$custom-light: #83c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.898,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65876,
    "c": 0.18367,
    "h": 141.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC36

secondary

#BB7CC2

accent

#4CDCCD

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC36

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

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