#42AE27#42AE27

#42AE27 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.195 H 140.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE27
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(108, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(108, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -54.69, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 78.11, 134.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.15 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.195 140.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7482, 31.5752, 7.0784)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE27 #9327AE

analogous

#86AE27 #42AE27 #27AE50

triadic

#42AE27 #2742AE #AE2742

tetradic

#42AE27 #2786AE #9327AE #AE5027

square

#42AE27 #2786AE #9327AE #AE5027

split-complementary

#42AE27 #5027AE #AE2786

monochromatic

#1C4A11 #2F7C1C #42AE27 #5CD43E #87DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#42AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE27

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE27	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)

#B39E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.195 140.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c76c',
    500: '#42ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae27;
$custom-light: #84c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66293,
    "c": 0.19506,
    "h": 140.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE27

secondary

#B46BC6

accent

#41E6C5

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE27

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

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