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#42EEAE

#42eeae ≈ Medium Spring Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42eeae is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 93.33% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 26.89% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 157.67°, with 83.5% saturation and 59.61% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00fa9a), ΔE 5.66.

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Web safe#33ff99
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Relative luminance0.6536

Complementary

  1. #42eeae
  2. #ee4282

Split complementary

  1. #42eeae
  2. #ee42d8
  3. #ee5842

Analogous

  1. #42ee58
  2. #42eeae
  3. #42d8ee

Triadic

  1. #42eeae
  2. #ae42ee
  3. #eeae42

Tetradic

  1. #42eeae
  2. #4282ee
  3. #ee4282
  4. #eeae42

Square

  1. #42eeae
  2. #5842ee
  3. #ee4282
  4. #d8ee42

Monochromatic

  1. #0c8b5c
  2. #13d18a
  3. #42eeae
  4. #88f4cc
  5. #cefbea

Shades

#42eeae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42eeae
  2. #3bd69d
  3. #35be8b
  4. #2ea77a
  5. #288f68
  6. #217757
  7. #1a5f46
  8. #144734
  9. #0d3023
  10. #071811
  11. #000000

Tints

#42eeae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42eeae
  2. #55f0b6
  3. #68f1be
  4. #7bf3c6
  5. #8ef5ce
  6. #a1f7d7
  7. #b3f8df
  8. #c6fae7
  9. #d9fcef
  10. #ecfdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42eeae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42eeae
  2. #48e3a9
  3. #4ed8a5
  4. #55cda0
  5. #5bc29c
  6. #61b797
  7. #67ac92
  8. #6da18e
  9. #749689
  10. #7a8b85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acdec5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eaddaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4cdb2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eedd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bee4ac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #addbb1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eecc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42eeae {
  color: #42eeae;
}
Background
.bg-42eeae {
  background-color: #42eeae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42eeae {
  border: 2px solid #42eeae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42eeae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 238 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 158 84% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42eeae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42eeae, #42d8ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42eeae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 238 174 / 0.35);
}

#00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 5.66 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.87 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.34 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.44 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 9.74 #00ff7f Spring Green ΔE 9.96 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 10.12 #bd1151 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Medium Spring Green
#42eeae  rgb(66, 238, 174)  hsl(158, 84%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green
#ee4282  rgb(238, 66, 130)  hsl(338, 84%, 60%)  French Rose
#ae42ee  rgb(174, 66, 238)  hsl(278, 84%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#eeae42  rgb(238, 174, 66)  hsl(38, 84%, 60%)  Marigold