#42a587

Color #42a587

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 14.08 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-600 #009966 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#42a587

RGB

rgb(66, 165, 135)

HSL

hsl(161.8, 42.9%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(161.8, 60%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60%, 0%, 18.2%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(61.49, -36.27, 7.02)

LCH

lch(61.49, 36.94, 169.05)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.1034, 170.03)

HWB

hwb(161.8, 25.9%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a54260

Analogous

#42a555

#42a587

#4292a5

Triadic

#42a587

#8742a5

#a58742

Split-complementary

#42a587

#a54292

#a55542

Tetradic

#42a587

#4260a5

#a54260

#a58742

Square

#42a587

#5542a5

#a54260

#92a542

Shades

Color #42a587 mixed toward black.

#378a71

#2c6e5a

#215344

#16372d

#0b1c17

Tints

Color #42a587 mixed toward white.

#59bd9e

#7acab2

#9bd7c5

#bde4d8

#def2ec

Tones

Color #42a587 mixed toward gray.

#4a9d84

#529581

#5b8c7d

#63847a

#6b7c77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7b8f · ΔE 29.5

Deuteranopia

#746c91 · ΔE 35.4

Tritanopia

#4b9596 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42a587;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42a587]

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Spring Green #00ff7f

Turquoise #40e0d0

Frequently asked questions

#42a587 (#42a587) is rgb(66, 165, 135) in RGB.

No, #42a587 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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