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#42E89E

#42e89e ≈ Medium Spring Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42e89e is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 90.98% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 31.9% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 153.25°, with 78.3% saturation and 58.43% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00fa9a), ΔE 4.79.

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Web safe#33ff99
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Relative luminance0.6134

Complementary

  1. #42e89e
  2. #e8428c

Split complementary

  1. #42e89e
  2. #e842df
  3. #e84b42

Analogous

  1. #42e84b
  2. #42e89e
  3. #42dfe8

Triadic

  1. #42e89e
  2. #9e42e8
  3. #e89e42

Tetradic

  1. #42e89e
  2. #428ce8
  3. #e8428c
  4. #e89e42

Square

  1. #42e89e
  2. #4b42e8
  3. #e8428c
  4. #dfe842

Monochromatic

  1. #10814f
  2. #18c578
  3. #42e89e
  4. #86f0c1
  5. #caf9e4

Shades

#42e89e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e89e
  2. #3bd18e
  3. #35ba7e
  4. #2ea26f
  5. #288b5f
  6. #21744f
  7. #1a5d3f
  8. #14462f
  9. #0d2e20
  10. #071710
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e89e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e89e
  2. #55eaa8
  3. #68edb1
  4. #7befbb
  5. #8ef1c5
  6. #a1f4cf
  7. #b3f6d8
  8. #c6f8e2
  9. #d9faec
  10. #ecfdf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e89e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e89e
  2. #48de9b
  3. #4ed398
  4. #55c995
  5. #5bbe92
  6. #61b48f
  7. #67aa8c
  8. #6d9f89
  9. #749586
  10. #7a8a83
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8d9bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6d699 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1c7a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e7d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbde9b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aad5a1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e7c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e89e {
  color: #42e89e;
}
Background
.bg-42e89e {
  background-color: #42e89e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e89e {
  border: 2px solid #42e89e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e89e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 232 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 153 78% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e89e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e89e, #42dfe8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e89e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 232 158 / 0.35);
}

#00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 4.79 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.01 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 8.21 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.26 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 8.32 #00ff7f Spring Green ΔE 8.54 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 9.18 #bd1761 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Medium Spring Green
#42e89e  rgb(66, 232, 158)  hsl(153, 78%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green
#e8428c  rgb(232, 66, 140)  hsl(333, 78%, 58%)  Deep Pink
#9e42e8  rgb(158, 66, 232)  hsl(273, 78%, 58%)  Dark Orchid
#e89e42  rgb(232, 158, 66)  hsl(33, 78%, 58%)  Indian Yellow