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Recognised as Colour

#42F224

  • #42F224
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#42F224 is a green with RGB values 66, 242, 36 and HSL 111°, 89%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#42F224#42F224
HEX#42F224
RGBrgb(66, 242, 36)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.949, 0.1412
RGB percentages25.9%, 94.9%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(111.3, 88.8%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(111.3, 85.1%, 94.9%)
CMYK72.7%, 0%, 85.1%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,387,364
CSS custom property--colour: #42F224;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#BD0DDB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8DB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5CD42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00EACEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 12.3Lawn green · ΔE 13.2Chartreuse · ΔE 14Limegreen · ΔE 21.1Green yellow · ΔE 25.9Spring green · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D424F2
Analogous#A9F224, #24F26D
Triadic#2442F2, #F22442
Split complementary#6D24F2, #F224A9
Tetradic#24A9F2, #D424F2, #F26D24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8FDE5
Lighter +30%#BFFBB4
Lighter +20%#95F884
Lighter +10%#6CF554
Darker −10%#2AD60D
Darker −20%#21A60A
Darker −30%#177607
Darker −40%#0E4604
More saturated +25%#39FF17
Less saturated −25%#57D541

Channel breakdown

R66
G242
B36
Red66 (25.9%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue111.26°
Saturation (HSL)88.79%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G F2 · B 24

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