#42AE60#42AE60

#42AE60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.151 H 149.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE60
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(137, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(137, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -48.11, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 57.26, 147.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.1299 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.151 149.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4927, 32.2730, 16.2661)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE60 #AE4290

analogous

#5AAE42 #42AE60 #42AE96

triadic

#42AE60 #6042AE #AE6042

tetradic

#42AE60 #425AAE #AE4290 #AE9642

square

#42AE60 #425AAE #AE4290 #AE9642

split-complementary

#42AE60 #9642AE #AE425A

monochromatic

#20552F #318248 #42AE60 #68C682 #94D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#42AE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#42AE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE60

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE60	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.151 149.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c78e',
    500: '#42ae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae60;
$custom-light: #81c78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66956,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 149.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE60

secondary

#C28AB2

accent

#53B1D5

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8F0

border

#CBD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE60

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

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