#42996D

A medium, moderate green closely aligning with Seagreen.

About #42996D

When working with digital screens, the color #42996D is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Seagreen. Its digital footprint relies on 66 parts red, 153 parts green, and 109 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 57% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 149.7 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42996D
RGB66, 153, 109
HSL149.7°, 39.7%, 42.9%
CMYK57%, 0%, 29%, 40%
HSV149.7°, 56.9%, 60.0%
LAB57.1, -36.8, 15.4
XYZ16.4, 25.0, 18.4
Decimal4364653

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.49:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.01:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.34:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.11:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42996D; }
.text-color { color: #42996D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #42996D; }

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