#42AE2B#42AE2B

#42AE2B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.193 H 140.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE2B
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(109, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(109, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -54.41, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 76.97, 134.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.149 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.193 140.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8180, 31.6031, 7.4461)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE2B #972BAE

analogous

#83AE2B #42AE2B #2BAE56

triadic

#42AE2B #2B42AE #AE2B42

tetradic

#42AE2B #2B83AE #972BAE #AE562B

square

#42AE2B #2B83AE #972BAE #AE562B

split-complementary

#42AE2B #562BAE #AE2B83

monochromatic

#1D4C13 #2F7D1F #42AE2B #5ED145 #88DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#42AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE2B

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE2B	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)

#B39E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.193 140.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c76e',
    500: '#42ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae2b;
$custom-light: #84c76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.466,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6632,
    "c": 0.19291,
    "h": 140.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE2B

secondary

#B670C5

accent

#44E4C8

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE2B

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

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