#42AD4E#42AD4E

#42AD4E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.166 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD4E
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(127, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(127, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -50.44, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 64.05, 141.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.1365 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.166 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5643, 31.5937, 12.3261)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD4E #AD42A1

analogous

#6CAD42 #42AD4E #42AD84

triadic

#42AD4E #4E42AD #AD4E42

tetradic

#42AD4E #426CAD #AD42A1 #AD8442

square

#42AD4E #426CAD #AD42A1 #AD8442

split-complementary

#42AD4E #8442AD #AD426C

monochromatic

#205426 #31813A #42AD4E #67C572 #93D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#42AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD4E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD4E	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.166 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c682',
    500: '#42ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad4e;
$custom-light: #82c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.729,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66414,
    "c": 0.16594,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD4E

secondary

#C189BB

accent

#53C6D4

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8EF

border

#CBD1CA

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD4E

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

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