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#42C19F

#42c19f ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#42c19f 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 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.62% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 163.94°, 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 9.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 4.17.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.418

Complementary

  1. #42c19f
  2. #c14264

Split complementary

  1. #42c19f
  2. #c142a3
  3. #c15f42

Analogous

  1. #42c15f
  2. #42c19f
  3. #42a3c1

Triadic

  1. #42c19f
  2. #9f42c1
  3. #c19f42

Tetradic

  1. #42c19f
  2. #4264c1
  3. #c14264
  4. #c19f42

Square

  1. #42c19f
  2. #5f42c1
  3. #c14264
  4. #a3c142

Monochromatic

  1. #1a5041
  2. #2d8971
  3. #42c19f
  4. #7cd4bc
  5. #b5e7da

Shades

#42c19f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42c19f
  2. #3bae8f
  3. #359a7f
  4. #2e876f
  5. #28745f
  6. #216150
  7. #1a4d40
  8. #143a30
  9. #0d2720
  10. #071310
  11. #000000

Tints

#42c19f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42c19f
  2. #55c7a9
  3. #68cdb2
  4. #7bd4bc
  5. #8edac5
  6. #a1e0cf
  7. #b3e6d9
  8. #c6ece2
  9. #d9f3ec
  10. #ecf9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42c19f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42c19f
  2. #48bb9c
  3. #4eb499
  4. #55ae96
  5. #5ba793
  6. #61a190
  7. #679a8c
  8. #6d9489
  9. #748d86
  10. #7a8783
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb5a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbb59d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa8a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aba9e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cb2a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #04c2ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42c19f {
  color: #42c19f;
}
Background
.bg-42c19f {
  background-color: #42c19f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42c19f {
  border: 2px solid #42c19f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42c19f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 193 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 51% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42c19f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42c19f, #42a3c1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42c19f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 193 159 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.17 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.72 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.89 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.46 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 9.01 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.39 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 9.45 #bd3e60 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#42c19f  rgb(66, 193, 159)  hsl(164, 51%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c14264  rgb(193, 66, 100)  hsl(344, 51%, 51%)  Dogwood Rose
#9f42c1  rgb(159, 66, 193)  hsl(284, 51%, 51%)  Dark Orchid
#c19f42  rgb(193, 159, 66)  hsl(44, 51%, 51%)  Metallic Gold