#42AD2A#42AD2A

#42AD2A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.192 H 140.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD2A
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(109, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(109, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -54.13, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 76.79, 134.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.1483 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.192 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6074, 31.2109, 7.2865)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD2A #952AAD

analogous

#83AD2A #42AD2A #2AAD54

triadic

#42AD2A #2A42AD #AD2A42

tetradic

#42AD2A #2A83AD #952AAD #AD542A

square

#42AD2A #2A83AD #952AAD #AD542A

split-complementary

#42AD2A #542AAD #AD2A83

monochromatic

#1C4B12 #2F7C1E #42AD2A #5DD143 #87DD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#42AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#42AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD2A

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD2A	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)

#B29D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.192 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c66d',
    500: '#42ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad2a;
$custom-light: #83c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.008,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66046,
    "c": 0.1923,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD2A

secondary

#B56EC5

accent

#44E4C7

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD2A

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

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