#42B142#42B142

#42B142 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.181 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B142
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(120, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -53.40, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 70.75, 139.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.145 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.181 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9512, 32.9940, 10.5230)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B142 #B142B1

analogous

#79B142 #42B142 #42B179

triadic

#42B142 #4242B1 #B14242

tetradic

#42B142 #4279B1 #B142B1 #B17942

square

#42B142 #4279B1 #B142B1 #B17942

split-complementary

#42B142 #7942B1 #B14279

monochromatic

#215821 #318431 #42B142 #69C769 #96D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#42B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#42B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B142

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B142	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CAC99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.181 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c97b',
    500: '#42b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b142;
$custom-light: #83c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67322,
    "c": 0.18105,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B142

secondary

#C38BC3

accent

#52D5D5

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8EE

border

#CBD1C9

text

#0C1309

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B142

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

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