#42d79d

Color #42d79d

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Medium Sea Green #3cb371 · ΔE 14.53 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-400 #00d492 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#42d79d

RGB

rgb(66, 215, 157)

HSL

hsl(156.6, 65.1%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(156.6, 69.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 27%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(77.39, -52.46, 17.49)

LCH

lch(77.39, 55.3, 161.56)

OKLCH

oklch(78.7%, 0.1506, 162.77)

HWB

hwb(156.6, 25.9%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7427c

Analogous

#42d752

#42d79d

#42c7d7

Triadic

#42d79d

#9d42d7

#d79d42

Split-complementary

#42d79d

#d742c7

#d75242

Tetradic

#42d79d

#427cd7

#d7427c

#d79d42

Square

#42d79d

#5242d7

#d7427c

#c7d742

Shades

Color #42d79d mixed toward black.

#29c186

#219b6b

#197450

#104d36

#08271b

Tints

Color #42d79d mixed toward white.

#61dead

#81e4be

#a0ebce

#c0f2de

#dff8ef

Tones

Color #42d79d mixed toward gray.

#4ecb9a

#5bbe97

#67b295

#74a592

#80998f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9cad · ΔE 32.1

Deuteranopia

#9287b1 · ΔE 40.8

Tritanopia

#53b9bb · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42d79d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42d79d]

Related colors

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#42d79d (#42d79d) is rgb(66, 215, 157) in RGB.

No, #42d79d 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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