#42AD38#42AD38

#42AD38 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.183 H 141.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD38
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(115, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(115, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -52.97, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 72.31, 137.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.1444 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.184 141.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9032, 31.3292, 8.8443)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD38 #A338AD

analogous

#7CAD38 #42AD38 #38AD69

triadic

#42AD38 #3842AD #AD3842

tetradic

#42AD38 #387CAD #A338AD #AD6938

square

#42AD38 #387CAD #A338AD #AD6938

split-complementary

#42AD38 #6938AD #AD387C

monochromatic

#1F511A #307F29 #42AD38 #63C959 #8ED887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#42AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#42AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD38

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD38	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.183 141.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c674',
    500: '#42ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad38;
$custom-light: #83c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.872,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6616,
    "c": 0.1835,
    "h": 141.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD38

secondary

#BC7FC2

accent

#4DDBCE

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1309

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD38

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

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