#42AE22#42AE22

#42AE22 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.197 H 139.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE22
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(106, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(106, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -54.99, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 79.42, 133.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.1511 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.197 139.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6707, 31.5442, 6.6705)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE22 #8E22AE

analogous

#88AE22 #42AE22 #22AE48

triadic

#42AE22 #2242AE #AE2242

tetradic

#42AE22 #2288AE #8E22AE #AE4822

square

#42AE22 #2288AE #8E22AE #AE4822

split-complementary

#42AE22 #4822AE #AE2288

monochromatic

#1B480E #2F7B18 #42AE22 #5BD836 #84E269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#42AE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE22

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE22	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.197 139.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c769',
    500: '#42ae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae22;
$custom-light: #84c769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66263,
    "c": 0.19748,
    "h": 139.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE22

secondary

#B164C7

accent

#3EEAC3

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE22

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

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