#42B417#42B417

#42B417 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.208 H 139.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B417
RGB	rgb(66, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(104, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(104, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -57.58, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 84.47, 132.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.1585 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.208 139.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7218, 33.8608, 6.3596)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B417 #8917B4

analogous

#91B417 #42B417 #17B43B

triadic

#42B417 #1742B4 #B41742

tetradic

#42B417 #1791B4 #8917B4 #B43B17

square

#42B417 #1791B4 #8917B4 #B43B17

split-complementary

#42B417 #3B17B4 #B41791

monochromatic

#1A4709 #2E7E10 #42B417 #59E325 #82EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#42B417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#42B417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B417

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B417	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32AE99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.208 139.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cb66',
    500: '#42b417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b417;
$custom-light: #86cb66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 103.567,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67812,
    "c": 0.20829,
    "h": 139.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B417

secondary

#AE59CE

accent

#34F4BF

background

#F8FCF6

surface

#F0F9EB

border

#CBD2C6

text

#0C1307

muted

#7D827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B417

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

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