#42AE4E#42AE4E

#42AE4E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.167 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE4E
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(127, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(127, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -50.82, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 64.58, 141.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.1375 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.167 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7568, 31.9786, 12.3903)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE4E #AE42A2

analogous

#6CAE42 #42AE4E #42AE84

triadic

#42AE4E #4E42AE #AE4E42

tetradic

#42AE4E #426CAE #AE42A2 #AE8442

square

#42AE4E #426CAE #AE42A2 #AE8442

split-complementary

#42AE4E #8442AE #AE426C

monochromatic

#205526 #31823A #42AE4E #68C672 #94D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#42AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#42AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE4E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE4E	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29AA98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.167 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c782',
    500: '#42ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae4e;
$custom-light: #82c782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66677,
    "c": 0.16726,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE4E

secondary

#C28ABC

accent

#53C6D5

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8EF

border

#CBD1CA

text

#0B130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE4E

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

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