#42BD6D

A medium, moderate green closely aligning with Mediumseagreen.

About #42BD6D

When working with digital screens, the color #42BD6D is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumseagreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 66, 189, and 109.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 65% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 141.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42BD6D
RGB66, 189, 109
HSL141.0°, 48.2%, 50.0%
CMYK65%, 0%, 42%, 26%
HSV141.0°, 65.1%, 74.1%
LAB68.5, -51.7, 30.7
XYZ23.2, 38.7, 20.7
Decimal4373869

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.41:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.73:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.30:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.42:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42BD6D; }
.text-color { color: #42BD6D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #42BD6D; }

Similar Colors

Mediumseagreen
#3CB371