#42B224#42B224

#42B224 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.201 H 140.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B224
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 36)
HSL	hsl(107, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(107, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 79.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -56.27, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 80.76, 134.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.1544 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.201 140.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4847, 33.1246, 7.0883)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B224 #9424B2

analogous

#89B224 #42B224 #24B24D

triadic

#42B224 #2442B2 #B22442

tetradic

#42B224 #2489B2 #9424B2 #B24D24

square

#42B224 #2489B2 #9424B2 #B24D24

split-complementary

#42B224 #4D24B2 #B22489

monochromatic

#1C4C0F #2F7F1A #42B224 #5DD83C #87E26F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#42B224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#42B224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B224

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B224	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31AC98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.201 140.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ca6b',
    500: '#42b224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b224;
$custom-light: #85ca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.324,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6734,
    "c": 0.20105,
    "h": 140.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B224

secondary

#B469C8

accent

#3FE9C5

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F8EC

border

#CBD1C7

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B224

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

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