#c5ff42

Color #c5ff42

A vivid, highly saturated light green.

Closest named color Green Yellow #adff2f · ΔE 10.19 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c5ff42

RGB

rgb(197, 255, 66)

HSL

hsl(78.4, 100%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(78.4, 74.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 74.1%, 0%)

LAB

lab(93.36, -42.99, 78.42)

LCH

lch(93.36, 89.43, 118.73)

OKLCH

oklch(92.8%, 0.2138, 125.62)

HWB

hwb(78.4, 25.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c42ff

Analogous

#ffda42

#c5ff42

#66ff42

Triadic

#c5ff42

#42c5ff

#ff42c5

Split-complementary

#c5ff42

#4266ff

#da42ff

Tetradic

#c5ff42

#42ff7c

#7c42ff

#ff42c5

Square

#c5ff42

#42ffda

#7c42ff

#ff4266

Shades

Color #c5ff42 mixed toward black.

#b5ff0c

#94d600

#6fa000

#4a6b00

#253500

Tints

Color #c5ff42 mixed toward white.

#cfff61

#d8ff81

#e2ffa0

#ecffc0

#f5ffdf

Tones

Color #c5ff42 mixed toward gray.

#bfef52

#b9df61

#b3d071

#adc081

#a6b091

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e1e191 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#ddd99d · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#c8b5bc · ΔE 43.2

Achromatopsia

#ececec · ΔE 29.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5ff42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5ff42]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#c5ff42 (#c5ff42) is rgb(197, 255, 66) in RGB.

No, #c5ff42 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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