#42B72A#42B72A

#42B72A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.204 H 140.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B72A
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(110, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(110, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -57.62, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 81.48, 135.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.1577 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.204 140.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5972, 35.1905, 7.9497)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B72A #9F2AB7

analogous

#89B72A #42B72A #2AB759

triadic

#42B72A #2A42B7 #B72A42

tetradic

#42B72A #2A89B7 #9F2AB7 #B7592A

square

#42B72A #2A89B7 #9F2AB7 #B7592A

split-complementary

#42B72A #592AB7 #B72A89

monochromatic

#1E5313 #30851F #42B72A #61D549 #8CE17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#42B72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#42B72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B72A

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B72A	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.204 140.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ce6e',
    500: '#42b72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b72a;
$custom-light: #85ce6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.787,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68704,
    "c": 0.20373,
    "h": 140.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B72A

secondary

#BA74C9

accent

#42E6CA

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1408

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B72A

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

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