#42B461#42B461

#42B461 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.158 H 149.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B461
RGB	rgb(66, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(136, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(136, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 46.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -50.28, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 60.14, 146.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.1357 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.158 149.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7242, 34.6618, 16.9052)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B461 #B44295

analogous

#5CB442 #42B461 #42B49A

triadic

#42B461 #6142B4 #B46142

tetradic

#42B461 #425CB4 #B44295 #B49A42

square

#42B461 #425CB4 #B44295 #B49A42

split-complementary

#42B461 #9A42B4 #B4425C

monochromatic

#215A31 #328749 #42B461 #6BC984 #97D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#42B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B461

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B461	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79B67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.158 149.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cb8f',
    500: '#42b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b461;
$custom-light: #83cb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.316,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68539,
    "c": 0.15798,
    "h": 149.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B461

secondary

#C58DB6

accent

#52B2D6

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C130C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B461

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

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