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#42B6EA

#42b6ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42b6ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 71.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.79% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198.57°, with 80% saturation and 58.82% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.4055

Complementary

  1. #42b6ea
  2. #ea7642

Split complementary

  1. #42b6ea
  2. #ea4262
  3. #eaca42

Analogous

  1. #42eaca
  2. #42b6ea
  3. #4262ea

Triadic

  1. #42b6ea
  2. #ea42b6
  3. #b6ea42

Tetradic

  1. #42b6ea
  2. #7642ea
  3. #ea7642
  4. #b6ea42

Square

  1. #42b6ea
  2. #ca42ea
  3. #ea7642
  4. #62ea42

Monochromatic

  1. #0f6084
  2. #1692c9
  3. #42b6ea
  4. #87d1f2
  5. #ccebf9

Shades

#42b6ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42b6ea
  2. #3ba4d3
  3. #3592bb
  4. #2e7fa4
  5. #286d8c
  6. #215b75
  7. #1a495e
  8. #143746
  9. #0d242f
  10. #071217
  11. #000000

Tints

#42b6ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42b6ea
  2. #55bdec
  3. #68c5ee
  4. #7bccf0
  5. #8ed3f2
  6. #a1dbf5
  7. #b3e2f7
  8. #c6e9f9
  9. #d9f0fb
  10. #ecf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42b6ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42b6ea
  2. #48b1df
  3. #4eabd5
  4. #55a6ca
  5. #5ba0c0
  6. #619bb5
  7. #6796aa
  8. #6d90a0
  9. #748b95
  10. #7a858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dafc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a4e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81b5ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #70abea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bfd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42b6ea {
  color: #42b6ea;
}
Background
.bg-42b6ea {
  background-color: #42b6ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42b6ea {
  border: 2px solid #42b6ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42b6ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 182 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42b6ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42b6ea, #4262ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42b6ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 182 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.19 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.10 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.25 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.78 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.12 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.72 #bd4915 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#42b6ea  rgb(66, 182, 234)  hsl(199, 80%, 59%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea7642  rgb(234, 118, 66)  hsl(19, 80%, 59%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea42b6  rgb(234, 66, 182)  hsl(319, 80%, 59%)  Shocking Pink
#b6ea42  rgb(182, 234, 66)  hsl(79, 80%, 59%)  Inchworm