#42a105

Color #42a105

A vivid, highly saturated dark green.

Closest named color Green #008000 · ΔE 15.76 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#42a105

RGB

rgb(66, 161, 5)

HSL

hsl(96.5, 94%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.5, 96.9%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(59%, 0%, 96.9%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(58.66, -51.48, 59.58)

LCH

lch(58.66, 78.74, 130.83)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.192, 138)

HWB

hwb(96.5, 2%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6405a1

Analogous

#90a105

#42a105

#05a116

Triadic

#42a105

#0542a1

#a10542

Split-complementary

#42a105

#1605a1

#a10590

Tetradic

#42a105

#05a164

#6405a1

#a10542

Square

#42a105

#0590a1

#6405a1

#a11605

Shades

Color #42a105 mixed toward black.

#378604

#2c6b03

#215002

#163602

#0b1b01

Tints

Color #42a105 mixed toward white.

#59d807

#75f820

#97fa58

#bafc90

#dcfdc7

Tones

Color #42a105 mixed toward gray.

#459412

#48871f

#4a7a2c

#4d6d39

#506046

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777853 · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#726a5c · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#4b6e73 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 28.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42a105;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42a105]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#42a105 (#42a105) is rgb(66, 161, 5) in RGB.

No, #42a105 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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