#42AD2F#42AD2F

#42AD2F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.189 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD2F
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 47)
HSL	hsl(111, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(111, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -53.76, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 75.28, 135.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.147 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.189 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7026, 31.2490, 7.7875)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD2F #9A2FAD

analogous

#81AD2F #42AD2F #2FAD5B

triadic

#42AD2F #2F42AD #AD2F42

tetradic

#42AD2F #2F81AD #9A2FAD #AD5B2F

square

#42AD2F #2F81AD #9A2FAD #AD5B2F

split-complementary

#42AD2F #5B2FAD #AD2F81

monochromatic

#1D4D15 #307D22 #42AD2F #5FCE4B #8ADB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#42AD2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#42AD2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD2F

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD2F	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)

#B19D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.189 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c66f',
    500: '#42ad2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad2f;
$custom-light: #83c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.952,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66083,
    "c": 0.18941,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD2F

secondary

#B874C4

accent

#47E1C9

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD2F

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

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