HEX Color #42DB99 (Mediumseagreen)

About #42DB99

The precise color #42DB99 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Mediumseagreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 66 red, 219 green, and 153 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 70% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 154.1° hue, 68.0% saturation, and 55.9% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42DB99

RGB66, 219, 153

HSL154.1°, 68.0%, 55.9%

CMYK70%, 0%, 30%, 14%

HSV154.1°, 69.9%, 85.9%

LAB78.5, -54.9, 21.2

XYZ33.3, 54.1, 38.8

Decimal4381593

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42DB99 #DB4183

Analogous

#41DB4C #41D0DB

Triadic

#9941DB #DB9941

Tetradic

#4C41DB #DB4183 #D0DB41

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42DB99

#57DFA4

#6CE3AF

#81E7BB

#96EBC6

#ABEFD1

#C0F3DD

#D5F7E8

#EAFBF3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42DB99

#3AC288

#33AA77

#2C9266

#247955

#1D6144

#164933

#0E3022

#071811

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.78:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.82:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.70:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

10.05:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42DB99; }

.text-color { color: #42DB99; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42DB99; }

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