Colour

#42E594

#42E594
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium spring green

#42E594 is a cyan with RGB values 66, 229, 148 and HSL 150°, 76%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

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HEX#42E594

RGBrgb(66, 229, 148)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.898, 0.5804

RGB percentages25.9%, 89.8%, 58%

HSLhsl(150.2, 75.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150.2, 71.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK71.2%, 0%, 35.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,384,148

CSS custom property--colour: #42E594;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#BD1A6B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4D38Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFC599no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 13.3 Light green · ΔE 17 Pale green · ΔE 18.2 Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 25.3 Spring green · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 13.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E54293

Analogous#42E542, #42E5E5

Triadic#9442E5, #E59442

Split complementary#E542E5, #E54242

Tetradic#4242E5, #E54293, #E5E542

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5FEFA

Lighter +30%#C8F8E0

Lighter +20%#9CF1C7

Lighter +10%#6FEBAD

Darker −10%#1ED67B

Darker −20%#17AA61

Darker −30%#117D47

Darker −40%#0B502E

More saturated +25%#28FF94

Less saturated −25%#5DCA94

Channel breakdown

R66

G229

B148

Red66 (25.9%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue150.18°

Saturation (HSL)75.81%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 42 · G E5 · B 94

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