#42AE45#42AE45

#42AE45 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.175 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE45
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(122, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(122, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -51.95, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 68.08, 139.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.141 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.175 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4559, 31.8583, 10.8057)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE45 #AE42AB

analogous

#75AE42 #42AE45 #42AE7B

triadic

#42AE45 #4542AE #AE4542

tetradic

#42AE45 #4275AE #AE42AB #AE7B42

square

#42AE45 #4275AE #AE42AB #AE7B42

split-complementary

#42AE45 #7B42AE #AE4275

monochromatic

#205522 #318233 #42AE45 #68C66A #94D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#42AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#42AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE45

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE45	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.175 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c77c',
    500: '#42ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae45;
$custom-light: #82c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66563,
    "c": 0.17488,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE45

secondary

#C28AC0

accent

#53D1D5

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8EE

border

#CBD1C9

text

#0C130A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE45

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

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