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Recognised as Colour

#03FF42

  • #03FF42
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#03FF42 is a green with RGB values 3, 255, 66 and HSL 135°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#03FF42#03FF42
HEX#03FF42
RGBrgb(3, 255, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 1, 0.2588
RGB percentages1.2%, 100%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(135, 100%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(135, 98.8%, 100%)
CMYK98.8%, 0%, 74.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer261,954
CSS custom property--colour: #03FF42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.39:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#FC00BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE618no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDD657no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00F8DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 12.2Lawn green · ΔE 20.9Chartreuse · ΔE 21.4Limegreen · ΔE 24.6Spring green · ΔE 25.2Green yellow · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF03C0
Analogous#42FF03, #03FFC0
Triadic#4203FF, #FF4203
Split complementary#C003FF, #FF0342
Tetradic#0342FF, #FF03C0, #FFC003

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFFFDB
Lighter +30%#9CFFB5
Lighter +20%#69FF8F
Lighter +10%#36FF68
Darker −10%#00CF34
Darker −20%#009C27
Darker −30%#00691A
Darker −40%#00360E
More saturated +25%#03FF42
Less saturated −25%#22E052

Channel breakdown

R3
G255
B66
Red3 (1.2%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue135°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G FF · B 42

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