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Recognised as Colour

#42DD7A

  • #42DD7A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#42DD7A is a green with RGB values 66, 221, 122 and HSL 142°, 70%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#42DD7A#42DD7A
HEX#42DD7A
RGBrgb(66, 221, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.8667, 0.4784
RGB percentages25.9%, 86.7%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(141.7, 69.5%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(141.7, 70.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK70.1%, 0%, 44.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,382,074
CSS custom property--colour: #42DD7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#BD2285

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DECB72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBBD81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 13.6Light green · ΔE 17Pale green · ΔE 17.9Spring green · ΔE 20.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.8Limegreen · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 13.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD42A5
Analogous#57DD42, #42DDC8
Triadic#7A42DD, #DD7A42
Split complementary#C842DD, #DD4257
Tetradic#4257DD, #DD42A5, #DDC842

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFFCF4
Lighter +30%#C4F4D5
Lighter +20%#98EDB7
Lighter +10%#6DE598
Darker −10%#24C85F
Darker −20%#1C9D4B
Darker −30%#147236
Darker −40%#0D4621
More saturated +25%#26F972
Less saturated −25%#5EC182

Channel breakdown

R66
G221
B122
Red66 (25.9%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue141.68°
Saturation (HSL)69.51%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G DD · B 7A

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