#42AE28#42AE28

#42AE28 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	#42AE28
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(108, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(108, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -54.62, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 77.83, 134.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.1498 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.195 140.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7650, 31.5819, 7.1668)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE28 #9428AE

analogous

#85AE28 #42AE28 #28AE51

triadic

#42AE28 #2842AE #AE2842

tetradic

#42AE28 #2885AE #9428AE #AE5128

square

#42AE28 #2885AE #9428AE #AE5128

split-complementary

#42AE28 #5128AE #AE2885

monochromatic

#1C4A11 #2F7C1D #42AE28 #5DD340 #87DF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#42AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE28

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE28	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)

#B39E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.195 140.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c76c',
    500: '#42ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae28;
$custom-light: #84c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.358,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66299,
    "c": 0.19453,
    "h": 140.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE28

secondary

#B46CC6

accent

#42E6C6

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE28

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

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