#42AE23#42AE23

#42AE23 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.197 H 140.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE23
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(107, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(107, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -54.94, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 79.17, 133.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.1509 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.197 140)
XYZ	xyz(17.6854, 31.5500, 6.7476)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE23 #8F23AE

analogous

#87AE23 #42AE23 #23AE4A

triadic

#42AE23 #2342AE #AE2342

tetradic

#42AE23 #2387AE #8F23AE #AE4A23

square

#42AE23 #2387AE #8F23AE #AE4A23

split-complementary

#42AE23 #4A23AE #AE2387

monochromatic

#1B480F #2F7B19 #42AE23 #5BD737 #85E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#42AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE23

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE23	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)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.197 140.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c76a',
    500: '#42ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae23;
$custom-light: #84c76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.619,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66269,
    "c": 0.19701,
    "h": 140
  },
  "luminance": 0.31552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE23

secondary

#B166C7

accent

#3EE9C3

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE23

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

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