#42AE69#42AE69

#42AE69 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.142 H 152.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE69
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(142, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(142, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -46.53, 26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 53.55, 150.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.1259 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.142 152.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9310, 32.4483, 18.5747)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE69 #AE4287

analogous

#51AE42 #42AE69 #42AE9F

triadic

#42AE69 #6942AE #AE6942

tetradic

#42AE69 #4251AE #AE4287 #AE9F42

square

#42AE69 #4251AE #AE4287 #AE9F42

split-complementary

#42AE69 #9F42AE #AE4251

monochromatic

#205533 #31824E #42AE69 #68C68A #94D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#42AE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#42AE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE69

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE69	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BAC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.142 152.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c794',
    500: '#42ae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae69;
$custom-light: #81c794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67122,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 152.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE69

secondary

#C28AAE

accent

#53A6D5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F1

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130D

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE69

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

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