#42AD27#42AD27

#42AD27 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.194 H 140.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD27
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(108, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(108, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -54.34, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 77.64, 134.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.149 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.194 140.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5557, 31.1902, 7.0142)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD27 #9227AD

analogous

#85AD27 #42AD27 #27AD4F

triadic

#42AD27 #2742AD #AD2742

tetradic

#42AD27 #2785AD #9227AD #AD4F27

square

#42AD27 #2785AD #9227AD #AD4F27

split-complementary

#42AD27 #4F27AD #AD2785

monochromatic

#1C4910 #2F7B1C #42AD27 #5CD33E #86DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#42AD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#42AD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD27

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD27	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.194 140.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c66b',
    500: '#42ad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad27;
$custom-light: #84c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.91,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66026,
    "c": 0.19391,
    "h": 140.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD27

secondary

#B36AC6

accent

#42E6C5

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD27

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

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