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#42A6EC

#42a6ec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42a6ec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 65.1% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.03% cyan, 29.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 204.71°, with 81.73% saturation and 59.22% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3449

Complementary

  1. #42a6ec
  2. #ec8842

Split complementary

  1. #42a6ec
  2. #ec4251
  3. #ecdd42

Analogous

  1. #42ecdd
  2. #42a6ec
  3. #4251ec

Triadic

  1. #42a6ec
  2. #ec42a6
  3. #a6ec42

Tetradic

  1. #42a6ec
  2. #8842ec
  3. #ec8842
  4. #a6ec42

Square

  1. #42a6ec
  2. #dd42ec
  3. #ec8842
  4. #51ec42

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5587
  2. #1581cd
  3. #42a6ec
  4. #88c7f3
  5. #cde7fa

Shades

#42a6ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42a6ec
  2. #3b95d4
  3. #3585bd
  4. #2e74a5
  5. #28648e
  6. #215376
  7. #1a425e
  8. #143247
  9. #0d212f
  10. #071118
  11. #000000

Tints

#42a6ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42a6ec
  2. #55afee
  3. #68b8f0
  4. #7bc1f2
  5. #8ecaf4
  6. #a1d3f6
  7. #b3dbf7
  8. #c6e4f9
  9. #d9edfb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42a6ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42a6ec
  2. #48a2e1
  3. #4e9ed6
  4. #559bcc
  5. #5b97c1
  6. #6193b6
  7. #678fab
  8. #6d8ba0
  9. #748896
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a2c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a8ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e97eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a7ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #609deb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42a6ec {
  color: #42a6ec;
}
Background
.bg-42a6ec {
  background-color: #42a6ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42a6ec {
  border: 2px solid #42a6ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42a6ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 166 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 82% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42a6ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42a6ec, #4251ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42a6ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 166 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.21 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.68 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.83 #bd5913 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#42a6ec  rgb(66, 166, 236)  hsl(205, 82%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ec8842  rgb(236, 136, 66)  hsl(25, 82%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec42a6  rgb(236, 66, 166)  hsl(325, 82%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a6ec42  rgb(166, 236, 66)  hsl(85, 82%, 59%)  Inchworm