#42AE38#42AE38

#42AE38 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.185 H 141.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE38
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(115, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(115, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -53.33, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 72.81, 137.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.1454 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.185 141.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0957, 31.7142, 8.9084)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE38 #A438AE

analogous

#7DAE38 #42AE38 #38AE69

triadic

#42AE38 #3842AE #AE3842

tetradic

#42AE38 #387DAE #A438AE #AE6938

square

#42AE38 #387DAE #A438AE #AE6938

split-complementary

#42AE38 #6938AE #AE387D

monochromatic

#1F511A #308029 #42AE38 #63CA59 #8FD988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#42AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#42AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE38

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE38	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FA996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.185 141.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c774',
    500: '#42ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae38;
$custom-light: #83c774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.915,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66426,
    "c": 0.18472,
    "h": 141.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE38

secondary

#BD7FC3

accent

#4DDBCF

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1309

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE38

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

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