#42AE2A#42AE2A

#42AE2A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.193 H 140.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE2A
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(109, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(109, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -54.49, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 77.26, 134.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.1493 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.193 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7999, 31.5958, 7.3506)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE2A #962AAE

analogous

#84AE2A #42AE2A #2AAE54

triadic

#42AE2A #2A42AE #AE2A42

tetradic

#42AE2A #2A84AE #962AAE #AE542A

square

#42AE2A #2A84AE #962AAE #AE542A

split-complementary

#42AE2A #542AAE #AE2A84

monochromatic

#1D4B12 #2F7D1E #42AE2A #5DD243 #88DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#42AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE2A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE2A	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)

#B39E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.193 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c76d',
    500: '#42ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae2a;
$custom-light: #84c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66313,
    "c": 0.19346,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE2A

secondary

#B56FC5

accent

#44E4C7

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE2A

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

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