#42AD2E#42AD2E

#42AD2E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.190 H 140.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD2E
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(111, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(111, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -53.84, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 75.59, 135.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.1473 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.19 140.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6826, 31.2410, 7.6825)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD2E #992EAD

analogous

#81AD2E #42AD2E #2EAD59

triadic

#42AD2E #2E42AD #AD2E42

tetradic

#42AD2E #2E81AD #992EAD #AD592E

square

#42AD2E #2E81AD #992EAD #AD592E

split-complementary

#42AD2E #592EAD #AD2E81

monochromatic

#1D4C14 #307D21 #42AD2E #5ECF49 #89DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#42AD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#42AD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD2E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD2E	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)

#B29D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.190 140.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c66f',
    500: '#42ad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad2e;
$custom-light: #83c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.551,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66075,
    "c": 0.19001,
    "h": 140.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD2E

secondary

#B773C4

accent

#47E1C9

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD2E

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

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