#42AE46#42AE46

#42AE46 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.174 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE46
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(122, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(122, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -51.83, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 67.70, 139.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.1406 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.174 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4872, 31.8708, 10.9706)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE46 #AE42AA

analogous

#74AE42 #42AE46 #42AE7C

triadic

#42AE46 #4642AE #AE4642

tetradic

#42AE46 #4274AE #AE42AA #AE7C42

square

#42AE46 #4274AE #AE42AA #AE7C42

split-complementary

#42AE46 #7C42AE #AE4274

monochromatic

#205522 #318234 #42AE46 #68C66B #94D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#42AE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#42AE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE46

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE46	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)

#B19F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.174 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c77d',
    500: '#42ae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae46;
$custom-light: #82c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66575,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE46

secondary

#C28AC0

accent

#53D0D5

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8EE

border

#CBD1C9

text

#0C130A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE46

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

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