HEX Color #42CCA0 (Mediumaquamarine)

About #42CCA0

When working with digital screens, the color #42CCA0 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Mediumaquamarine. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(66, 204, 160).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 68% cyan and 0% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42CCA0

RGB66, 204, 160

HSL160.9°, 57.5%, 52.9%

CMYK68%, 0%, 22%, 20%

HSV160.9°, 67.6%, 80.0%

LAB74.1, -47.3, 11.3

XYZ30.2, 46.9, 40.7

Decimal4377760

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42CCA0 #CC416D

Analogous

#41CC5B #41B2CC

Triadic

#A041CC #CCA041

Tetradic

#5A41CC #CC416D #B2CC41

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42CCA0

#57D1AA

#6CD7B5

#81DDBF

#96E2CA

#ABE8D4

#C0EEDF

#D5F3E9

#EAF9F4

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42CCA0

#3AB58E

#339E7C

#2C886A

#247158

#1D5A47

#164435

#0E2D23

#071611

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.02:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

10.38:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.93:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.82:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42CCA0; }

.text-color { color: #42CCA0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42CCA0; }

Similar Colors

Mediumaquamarine

#66CDAA