#42b59c

Color #42b59c

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.68 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#42b59c

RGB

rgb(66, 181, 156)

HSL

hsl(167, 46.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(167, 63.5%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)

LAB

lab(66.98, -38.3, 3.24)

LCH

lch(66.98, 38.44, 175.16)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1096, 175.81)

HWB

hwb(167, 25.9%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5425b

Analogous

#42b562

#42b59c

#4294b5

Triadic

#42b59c

#9c42b5

#b59c42

Split-complementary

#42b59c

#b54294

#b56242

Tetradic

#42b59c

#425bb5

#b5425b

#b59c42

Square

#42b59c

#6242b5

#b5425b

#94b542

Shades

Color #42b59c mixed toward black.

#379782

#2c7968

#215a4e

#163c34

#0b1e1a

Tints

Color #42b59c mixed toward white.

#5ec4ae

#7ed0be

#9fdccf

#bfe8df

#dff3ef

Tones

Color #42b59c mixed toward gray.

#4bab97

#55a291

#5f988c

#688f86

#728581

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485a3 · ΔE 31

Deuteranopia

#7e75a4 · ΔE 36.5

Tritanopia

#4da7a8 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 23.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #42b59c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42b59c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#42b59c (#42b59c) is rgb(66, 181, 156) in RGB.

No, #42b59c 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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