#42AD2D#42AD2D

#42AD2D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.191 H 140.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD2D
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(110, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(110, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -53.91, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 75.90, 135.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.1476 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.191 140.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6631, 31.2332, 7.5799)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD2D #982DAD

analogous

#82AD2D #42AD2D #2DAD58

triadic

#42AD2D #2D42AD #AD2D42

tetradic

#42AD2D #2D82AD #982DAD #AD582D

square

#42AD2D #2D82AD #982DAD #AD582D

split-complementary

#42AD2D #582DAD #AD2D82

monochromatic

#1D4C14 #2F7C20 #42AD2D #5ECF48 #89DC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#42AD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#42AD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD2D

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD2D	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)

#B29D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.191 140.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c66e',
    500: '#42ad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad2d;
$custom-light: #83c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.156,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66068,
    "c": 0.1906,
    "h": 140.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD2D

secondary

#B772C4

accent

#46E2C8

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD2D

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

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