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Recognised as Colour

#42AE79

  • #42AE79
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#42AE79 is a cyan with RGB values 66, 174, 121 and HSL 151°, 45%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#42AE79#42AE79
HEX#42AE79
RGBrgb(66, 174, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.6824, 0.4745
RGB percentages25.9%, 68.2%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(150.6, 45%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150.6, 62.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK62.1%, 0%, 30.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,370,041
CSS custom property--colour: #42AE79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#BD5186

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACA176no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E977Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#06ADA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 7.8Sea green · ΔE 13.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.2Light seagreen · ΔE 25.4Turquoise · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE4277
Analogous#42AE43, #42ADAE
Triadic#7942AE, #AE7942
Split complementary#AE42AD, #AE4342
Tetradic#4342AE, #AE4277, #ADAE42

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFEDDE
Lighter +30%#AADFC5
Lighter +20%#85D1AC
Lighter +10%#60C392
Darker −10%#34895F
Darker −20%#266446
Darker −30%#183F2C
Darker −40%#0A1A12
More saturated +25%#24CC7A
Less saturated −25%#609078

Channel breakdown

R66
G174
B121
Red66 (25.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue150.56°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G AE · B 79

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