#42AD2C#42AD2C

#42AD2C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.191 H 140.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD2C
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(110, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(110, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -53.99, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 76.20, 135.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.1478 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.191 140.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6441, 31.2256, 7.4797)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD2C #972CAD

analogous

#83AD2C #42AD2C #2CAD56

triadic

#42AD2C #2C42AD #AD2C42

tetradic

#42AD2C #2C83AD #972CAD #AD562C

square

#42AD2C #2C83AD #972CAD #AD562C

split-complementary

#42AD2C #562CAD #AD2C83

monochromatic

#1D4B13 #2F7C20 #42AD2C #5ED046 #88DC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#42AD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#42AD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD2C

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD2C	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.191 140.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c66e',
    500: '#42ad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad2c;
$custom-light: #83c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.767,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6606,
    "c": 0.19118,
    "h": 140.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD2C

secondary

#B671C4

accent

#45E3C8

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD2C

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

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