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#42C19D

#42c19d ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#42c19d is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 75.69% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.65% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 162.99°, with 50.6% saturation and 50.78% 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 9.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 4.16.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4173

Complementary

  1. #42c19d
  2. #c14266

Split complementary

  1. #42c19d
  2. #c142a5
  3. #c15d42

Analogous

  1. #42c15d
  2. #42c19d
  3. #42a5c1

Triadic

  1. #42c19d
  2. #9d42c1
  3. #c19d42

Tetradic

  1. #42c19d
  2. #4266c1
  3. #c14266
  4. #c19d42

Square

  1. #42c19d
  2. #5d42c1
  3. #c14266
  4. #a5c142

Monochromatic

  1. #1a5041
  2. #2d896f
  3. #42c19d
  4. #7cd4bb
  5. #b5e7d9

Shades

#42c19d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42c19d
  2. #3bae8d
  3. #359a7e
  4. #2e876e
  5. #28745e
  6. #21614f
  7. #1a4d3f
  8. #143a2f
  9. #0d271f
  10. #071310
  11. #000000

Tints

#42c19d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42c19d
  2. #55c7a7
  3. #68cdb1
  4. #7bd4ba
  5. #8edac4
  6. #a1e0ce
  7. #b3e6d8
  8. #c6ece2
  9. #d9f3eb
  10. #ecf9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42c19d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42c19d
  2. #48bb9a
  3. #4eb497
  4. #55ae94
  5. #5ba791
  6. #61a18f
  7. #679a8c
  8. #6d9489
  9. #748d86
  10. #7a8783
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb5a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcb49b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa89f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aba9c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cb29e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #07c2ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42c19d {
  color: #42c19d;
}
Background
.bg-42c19d {
  background-color: #42c19d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42c19d {
  border: 2px solid #42c19d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42c19d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 193 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 51% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42c19d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42c19d, #42a5c1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42c19d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 193 157 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.16 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.36 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.49 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.36 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.93 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 9.28 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.91 #bd3e62 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#42c19d  rgb(66, 193, 157)  hsl(163, 51%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c14266  rgb(193, 66, 102)  hsl(343, 51%, 51%)  Dogwood Rose
#9d42c1  rgb(157, 66, 193)  hsl(283, 51%, 51%)  Dark Orchid
#c19d42  rgb(193, 157, 66)  hsl(43, 51%, 51%)  Metallic Gold