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Recognised as Colour

#42DE40

  • #42DE40
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#42DE40 is a green with RGB values 66, 222, 64 and HSL 119°, 71%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#42DE40#42DE40
HEX#42DE40
RGBrgb(66, 222, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.8706, 0.251
RGB percentages25.9%, 87.1%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(119.2, 70.5%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(119.2, 71.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK70.3%, 0%, 71.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,382,272
CSS custom property--colour: #42DE40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53771WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#BD21BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3C925no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BD50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.3 from the original
Tritanopia#0AD8BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 6.1Spring green · ΔE 20.1Lawn green · ΔE 24.9Chartreuse · ΔE 26Lime · ΔE 28.6Green yellow · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC40DE
Analogous#91DE40, #40DE8D
Triadic#4042DE, #DE4042
Split complementary#8D40DE, #DE4091
Tetradic#4091DE, #DC40DE, #DE8D40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEFCEE
Lighter +30%#C3F5C2
Lighter +20%#98ED97
Lighter +10%#6DE66B
Darker −10%#25C823
Darker −20%#1D9D1B
Darker −30%#157114
Darker −40%#0D460C
More saturated +25%#27FA24
Less saturated −25%#5DC25C

Channel breakdown

R66
G222
B64
Red66 (25.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue119.24°
Saturation (HSL)70.54%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G DE · B 40

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