#42B236#42B236

#42B236 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.191 H 141.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B236
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(114, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(114, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -54.95, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 75.46, 136.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.1499 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.191 141.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8320, 33.2636, 8.9174)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B236 #A636B2

analogous

#80B236 #42B236 #36B268

triadic

#42B236 #3642B2 #B23642

tetradic

#42B236 #3680B2 #A636B2 #B26836

square

#42B236 #3680B2 #A636B2 #B26836

split-complementary

#42B236 #6836B2 #B23680

monochromatic

#1F541A #318328 #42B236 #64CD59 #90DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#42B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#42B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B236

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B236	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EAD99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.191 141.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ca74',
    500: '#42b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b236;
$custom-light: #84ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.194,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67469,
    "c": 0.1909,
    "h": 141.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B236

secondary

#BE7FC5

accent

#4BDDCF

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1309

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B236

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

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