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#42FFBA

#42ffba ≈ Medium Spring Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42ffba is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 100% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.06% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 158.1°, with 100% saturation and 62.94% 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 16.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00fa9a), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.7622

Complementary

  1. #42ffba
  2. #ff4287

Split complementary

  1. #42ffba
  2. #ff42e5
  3. #ff5c42

Analogous

  1. #42ff5c
  2. #42ffba
  3. #42e5ff

Triadic

  1. #42ffba
  2. #ba42ff
  3. #ffba42

Tetradic

  1. #42ffba
  2. #4287ff
  3. #ff4287
  4. #ffba42

Square

  1. #42ffba
  2. #5c42ff
  3. #ff4287
  4. #e5ff42

Monochromatic

  1. #00a86b
  2. #00f49b
  3. #42ffba
  4. #8effd6
  5. #dbfff2

Shades

#42ffba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42ffba
  2. #3be6a7
  3. #35cc95
  4. #2eb382
  5. #289970
  6. #21805d
  7. #1a664a
  8. #144d38
  9. #0d3325
  10. #071a13
  11. #000000

Tints

#42ffba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42ffba
  2. #55ffc1
  3. #68ffc8
  4. #7bffcf
  5. #8effd6
  6. #a1ffdd
  7. #b3ffe3
  8. #c6ffea
  9. #d9fff1
  10. #ecfff8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42ffba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42ffba
  2. #48f2b4
  3. #4ee6ae
  4. #55d9a9
  5. #5bcca3
  6. #61c09d
  7. #67b397
  8. #6da691
  9. #74998c
  10. #7a8d86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8eed3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #faecb6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e3dbbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ffec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbf4b8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9eabd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ffda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42ffba {
  color: #42ffba;
}
Background
.bg-42ffba {
  background-color: #42ffba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42ffba {
  border: 2px solid #42ffba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42ffba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 255 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 158 100% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42ffba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42ffba, #42e5ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42ffba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 255 186 / 0.35);
}

#00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 4.97 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.07 #00ff7f Spring Green ΔE 9.12 #98fb98 Pale Green ΔE 9.97 #98ff98 Mint Green ΔE 10.12 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 10.17 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 11.46 #bd0045 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Medium Spring Green
#42ffba  rgb(66, 255, 186)  hsl(158, 100%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green
#ff4287  rgb(255, 66, 135)  hsl(338, 100%, 63%)  French Rose
#ba42ff  rgb(186, 66, 255)  hsl(278, 100%, 63%)  Electric Purple
#ffba42  rgb(255, 186, 66)  hsl(38, 100%, 63%)  Pastel Orange