Recognised as Colour

#42DD23

#42DD23
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#42DD23 is a green with RGB values 66, 221, 35 and HSL 110°, 73%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#42DD23

RGBrgb(66, 221, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.8667, 0.1373

RGB percentages25.9%, 86.7%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(110, 73.2%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(110, 84.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK70.1%, 0%, 84.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,381,987

CSS custom property--colour: #42DD23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.6:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#BD22DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1BC3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.3 from the original

Tritanopia#19D6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 11.1 Lawn green · ΔE 18.2 Chartreuse · ΔE 19.4 Lime · ΔE 22.5 Green yellow · ΔE 25.3 Spring green · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BE23DD

Analogous#9FDD23, #23DD61

Triadic#2342DD, #DD2342

Split complementary#6123DD, #DD239F

Tetradic#239FDD, #BE23DD, #DD6123

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DAF8D4

Lighter +30%#B4F1A8

Lighter +20%#8EEB7B

Lighter +10%#68E44F

Darker −10%#34B21B

Darker −20%#278515

Darker −30%#1A590E

Darker −40%#0D2D07

More saturated +25%#2DFD03

Less saturated −25%#57BD43

Channel breakdown

R66

G221

B35

Red66 (25.9%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue110°

Saturation (HSL)73.23%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 42 · G DD · B 23

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