Information about #42BC9D color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #42BC9D reads as a clearly saturated minty spring green and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Greeny Blue (#42B395). Slightly further away sit Hightail Teal (#40B493) and Ocean Green (#48BF91).
In RGB terms — rgb(66, 188, 157) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #42BC9D: 8.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#42BC9D color variations
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#42BC9D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#42BC9D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#42BC9D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42BC9D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#42BC9D 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #42BC9D color
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Nearest named colors to #42BC9D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#42B395
#40B493
#48BF91
#3AB09E
#45CEA2
#43B3AE
#4AA89C
#3EB489
#30BA8F
#44A9AA
#59BAA3
#4AA8A8
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42BC9D
- RGB66, 188, 157
- CMYK48, 0, 12, 26
- CSSrgb(66, 188, 157)
- HSL165°, 48%, 50%
- HSL Precise164.754°, 48.031%, 49.804%
- HSV165°, 65%, 74%
- HSB165°, 65%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.737, 0.616)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.737, 0.616, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.737, 0.616)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
- Color FamilySpring Green
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID42BC9D
- DECIMAL ID4373661
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
