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Recognised as Colour

#42DE4A

  • #42DE4A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#42DE4A is a green with RGB values 66, 222, 74 and HSL 123°, 70%, 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

#42DE4A#42DE4A
HEX#42DE4A
RGBrgb(66, 222, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.8706, 0.2902
RGB percentages25.9%, 87.1%, 29%
HSLhsl(123.1, 70.3%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(123.1, 70.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK70.3%, 0%, 66.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,382,282
CSS custom property--colour: #42DE4A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#BD21B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2CA36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BD58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 6.4Spring green · ΔE 17.8Medium spring green · ΔE 27.9Lawn green · ΔE 28.2Chartreuse · ΔE 29.4Pale green · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE42D6
Analogous#88DE42, #42DE98
Triadic#4A42DE, #DE4A42
Split complementary#9842DE, #DE4288
Tetradic#4288DE, #DE42D6, #DE9842

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FCF0
Lighter +30%#C4F5C7
Lighter +20%#99ED9D
Lighter +10%#6DE674
Darker −10%#23CA2C
Darker −20%#1C9E22
Darker −30%#147319
Darker −40%#0C4810
More saturated +25%#26FA31
Less saturated −25%#5EC263

Channel breakdown

R66
G222
B74
Red66 (25.9%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue123.08°
Saturation (HSL)70.27%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G DE · B 4A

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