Information about #42B331 color

#42B331 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #42B331 is classified in the Register under the Green Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 179, 49) — 25.9% red, 70.2% green, 19.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 44 / 0 / 51 / 30. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#42B331 presents itself as a clearly saturated leafy green — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to TD Ameritrade (#40A829). Slightly further away sit Wageningen Green (#34B233) and American Green (#34B334).

The recipe behind #42B331 is rgb(66, 179, 49), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42B331 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#42B331 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#42B331 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #42B331

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Leafy Green color link
Leafy Green

#51B73B

Vine Green color link
Vine Green

#38A32A

Medium Green color link
Medium Green

#39AD48

Tree Frog color link
Tree Frog

#50A743

Grass color link
Grass

#5CAC2D

Mid Green color link
Mid Green

#50A747

Kelly Green color link
Kelly Green

#4CBB17

Wham color link
Wham

#5FB33A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#42B331
  • RGB66, 179, 49
  • CMYK44, 0, 51, 30
  • CSSrgb(66, 179, 49)
  • HSL112°, 57%, 45%
  • HSL Precise112.154°, 57.018%, 44.706%
  • HSV112°, 73%, 70%
  • HSB112°, 73%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.702
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.192
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.702, 0.192)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.702, 0.192, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.702, 0.192)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB70.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB19.2%
  • Color FamilyGreen
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID42B331
  • DECIMAL ID4371249
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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