Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#42D962

  • #42D962
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#42D962 is a green with RGB values 66, 217, 98 and HSL 133°, 67%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#42D962#42D962
HEX#42D962
RGBrgb(66, 217, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.851, 0.3843
RGB percentages25.9%, 85.1%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(132.7, 66.5%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(132.7, 69.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK69.6%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,381,026
CSS custom property--colour: #42D962;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.33:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#BD269D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCC657no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAB96Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D4BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 15.7Spring green · ΔE 17.5Medium spring green · ΔE 19Light green · ΔE 22Pale green · ΔE 22.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 15.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D942B9
Analogous#6ED942, #42D9AD
Triadic#6242D9, #D96242
Split complementary#AD42D9, #D9426E
Tetradic#426ED9, #D942B9, #D9AD42

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECFBEF
Lighter +30%#C1F3CC
Lighter +20%#97EAA9
Lighter +10%#6CE285
Darker −10%#27C148
Darker −20%#1E9738
Darker −30%#166C28
Darker −40%#0D4218
More saturated +25%#26F552
Less saturated −25%#5EBD72

Channel breakdown

R66
G217
B98
Red66 (25.9%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue132.72°
Saturation (HSL)66.52%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G D9 · B 62

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “42d962” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.