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#42EAAA

#42eaaa ≈ Medium Spring Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42eaaa is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 91.76% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.35% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 157.14°, with 80% saturation and 58.82% 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 13.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00fa9a), ΔE 5.94.

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Relative luminance0.6291

Complementary

  1. #42eaaa
  2. #ea4282

Split complementary

  1. #42eaaa
  2. #ea42d6
  3. #ea5642

Analogous

  1. #42ea56
  2. #42eaaa
  3. #42d6ea

Triadic

  1. #42eaaa
  2. #aa42ea
  3. #eaaa42

Tetradic

  1. #42eaaa
  2. #4282ea
  3. #ea4282
  4. #eaaa42

Square

  1. #42eaaa
  2. #5642ea
  3. #ea4282
  4. #d6ea42

Monochromatic

  1. #0f8457
  2. #16c985
  3. #42eaaa
  4. #87f2c9
  5. #ccf9e8

Shades

#42eaaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42eaaa
  2. #3bd399
  3. #35bb88
  4. #2ea477
  5. #288c66
  6. #217555
  7. #1a5e44
  8. #144633
  9. #0d2f22
  10. #071711
  11. #000000

Tints

#42eaaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42eaaa
  2. #55ecb3
  3. #68eebb
  4. #7bf0c4
  5. #8ef2cc
  6. #a1f5d5
  7. #b3f7dd
  8. #c6f9e6
  9. #d9fbee
  10. #ecfdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42eaaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42eaaa
  2. #48dfa6
  3. #4ed5a2
  4. #55ca9d
  5. #5bc099
  6. #61b595
  7. #67aa91
  8. #6da08d
  9. #749588
  10. #7a8b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9dbc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6d9a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1caae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ead9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbe0a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aad7ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eac8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42eaaa {
  color: #42eaaa;
}
Background
.bg-42eaaa {
  background-color: #42eaaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42eaaa {
  border: 2px solid #42eaaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42eaaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 234 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 157 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42eaaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42eaaa, #42d6ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42eaaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 234 170 / 0.35);
}

#00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 5.94 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 7.47 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.57 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.85 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 9.64 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 9.65 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.00 #bd1555 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Medium Spring Green
#42eaaa  rgb(66, 234, 170)  hsl(157, 80%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green
#ea4282  rgb(234, 66, 130)  hsl(337, 80%, 59%)  French Rose
#aa42ea  rgb(170, 66, 234)  hsl(277, 80%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#eaaa42  rgb(234, 170, 66)  hsl(37, 80%, 59%)  Marigold