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Recognised as Colour

#42F200

  • #42F200
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#42F200 is a green with RGB values 66, 242, 0 and HSL 104°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#42F200#42F200
HEX#42F200
RGBrgb(66, 242, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.949, 0
RGB percentages25.9%, 94.9%, 0%
HSLhsl(103.6, 100%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(103.6, 100%, 94.9%)
CMYK72.7%, 0%, 100%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,387,328
CSS custom property--colour: #42F200;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64663WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.93:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#BD0DFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5CD36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71 from the original
Tritanopia#01EACEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 9.7Lawn green · ΔE 11.4Chartreuse · ΔE 12Limegreen · ΔE 24.8Green yellow · ΔE 26.1Spring green · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B000F2
Analogous#BBF200, #00F237
Triadic#0042F2, #F20042
Split complementary#3700F2, #F200BB
Tetradic#00BBF2, #B000F2, #F23700

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0FFBF
Lighter +30%#ABFF8C
Lighter +20%#86FF59
Lighter +10%#61FF26
Darker −10%#34BF00
Darker −20%#268C00
Darker −30%#185900
Darker −40%#0A2600
More saturated +25%#42F200
Less saturated −25%#50D41E

Channel breakdown

R66
G242
B0
Red66 (25.9%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue103.64°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G F2 · B 00

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