HEX Color #42FF99 (Mediumspringgreen)

About #42FF99

Visually, #42FF99 is defined as a vivid green. Its closest recognized web color is Mediumspringgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 66 parts red, 255 parts green, and 153 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 74% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 147.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

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#42FF99

RGB66, 255, 153

HSL147.6°, 100.0%, 62.9%

CMYK74%, 0%, 40%, 0%

HSV147.6°, 74.1%, 100.0%

LAB89.4, -68.2, 35.8

XYZ43.8, 75.0, 42.3

Decimal4390809

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42FF99 #FF41A7

Analogous

#49FF41 #41FFF7

Triadic

#9841FF #FF9841

Tetradic

#4149FF #FF41A7 #FFF741

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42FF99

#57FFA4

#6CFFAF

#81FFBB

#96FFC6

#ABFFD1

#C0FFDD

#D5FFE8

#EAFFF3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42FF99

#3AE288

#33C677

#2CAA66

#248D55

#1D7144

#165533

#0E3822

#071C11

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.31:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

16.00:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.25:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

13.60:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42FF99; }

.text-color { color: #42FF99; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42FF99; }

Similar Colors

Mediumspringgreen

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