Colour

#42FF41

#42FF41
Green
Light
Nearest: Lime

#42FF41 is a green with RGB values 66, 255, 65 and HSL 120°, 100%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#42FF41#42FF41

HEX#42FF41

RGBrgb(66, 255, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 1, 0.2549

RGB percentages25.9%, 100%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(119.7, 100%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(119.7, 74.5%, 100%)

CMYK74.1%, 0%, 74.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,390,721

CSS custom property--colour: #42FF41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.61:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#BD00BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE715no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0D856no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original

Tritanopia#00F7DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 13.1 Lawn green · ΔE 16.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 17.3 Limegreen · ΔE 22.6 Spring green · ΔE 25.4 Green yellow · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE41FF

Analogous#A1FF41, #41FF9F

Triadic#4142FF, #FF4142

Split complementary#9F41FF, #FF41A1

Tetradic#41A1FF, #FE41FF, #FF9F41

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DAFFDA

Lighter +20%#A7FFA7

Lighter +10%#75FF74

Darker −10%#0FFF0E

Darker −20%#01DA00

Darker −30%#01A700

Darker −40%#017400

More saturated +25%#42FF41

Less saturated −25%#5AE759

Channel breakdown

R66

G255

B65

Red66 (25.9%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue119.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 42 · G FF · B 41

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