#42AE26#42AE26

#42AE26 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.196 H 140.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE26
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(108, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(108, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -54.75, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 78.38, 134.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.1502 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.196 140.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7318, 31.5686, 6.9923)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE26 #9226AE

analogous

#86AE26 #42AE26 #26AE4E

triadic

#42AE26 #2642AE #AE2642

tetradic

#42AE26 #2686AE #9226AE #AE4E26

square

#42AE26 #2686AE #9226AE #AE4E26

split-complementary

#42AE26 #4E26AE #AE2686

monochromatic

#1C4A10 #2F7C1B #42AE26 #5CD53D #86E06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#42AE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE26

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE26	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)

#A69536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.196 140.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c76b',
    500: '#42ae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae26;
$custom-light: #84c76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.647,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66287,
    "c": 0.19557,
    "h": 140.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE26

secondary

#B36AC6

accent

#41E7C5

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE26

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

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