#42a68d

Color #42a68d

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#42a68d

RGB

rgb(66, 166, 141)

HSL

hsl(165, 43.1%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(165, 60.2%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 15.1%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(61.96, -35.25, 4.32)

LCH

lch(61.96, 35.51, 173.01)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.1007, 173.79)

HWB

hwb(165, 25.9%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6425b

Analogous

#42a65b

#42a68d

#428da6

Triadic

#42a68d

#8d42a6

#a68d42

Split-complementary

#42a68d

#a6428d

#a65b42

Tetradic

#42a68d

#425ba6

#a6425b

#a68d42

Square

#42a68d

#5b42a6

#a6425b

#8da642

Shades

Color #42a68d mixed toward black.

#378a76

#2c6f5e

#215347

#16372f

#0b1c18

Tints

Color #42a68d mixed toward white.

#59bda4

#7acab6

#9cd7c8

#bde5db

#def2ed

Tones

Color #42a68d mixed toward gray.

#4a9e89

#539585

#5b8d81

#63857c

#6c7c78

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7b94 · ΔE 30

Deuteranopia

#756d95 · ΔE 35.1

Tritanopia

#4b989a · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42a68d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42a68d]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#42a68d (#42a68d) is rgb(66, 166, 141) in RGB.

No, #42a68d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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