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#42B8AF

#42b8af ≈ Verdigris

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#42b8af is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 72.16% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.89% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 175.42°, with 47.2% saturation and 49.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Verdigris (#43b3ae), ΔE 1.99.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3853

Complementary

  1. #42b8af
  2. #b8424b

Split complementary

  1. #42b8af
  2. #b84286
  3. #b87442

Analogous

  1. #42b874
  2. #42b8af
  3. #4286b8

Triadic

  1. #42b8af
  2. #af42b8
  3. #b8af42

Tetradic

  1. #42b8af
  2. #424bb8
  3. #b8424b
  4. #b8af42

Square

  1. #42b8af
  2. #7442b8
  3. #b8424b
  4. #86b842

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4744
  2. #2e8079
  3. #42b8af
  4. #78cfc8
  5. #b0e3df

Shades

#42b8af mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42b8af
  2. #3ba69e
  3. #35938c
  4. #2e817b
  5. #286e69
  6. #215c58
  7. #1a4a46
  8. #143735
  9. #0d2523
  10. #071212
  11. #000000

Tints

#42b8af mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42b8af
  2. #55bfb7
  3. #68c6bf
  4. #7bcdc7
  5. #8ed4cf
  6. #a1dcd7
  7. #b3e3df
  8. #c6eae7
  9. #d9f1ef
  10. #ecf8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42b8af mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42b8af
  2. #48b2aa
  3. #4eada6
  4. #55a7a1
  5. #5ba29c
  6. #619c98
  7. #679693
  8. #6d918e
  9. #748b89
  10. #7a8685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aaeaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeaeaf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da1b0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90b2af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82abb0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42b8af {
  color: #42b8af;
}
Background
.bg-42b8af {
  background-color: #42b8af;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42b8af {
  border: 2px solid #42b8af;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42b8af;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 184 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 47% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42b8af {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42b8af, #4286b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42b8af {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 184 175 / 0.35);
}

#43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 1.99 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.44 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 2.49 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.37 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.70 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.19 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.30 #bd4750 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Verdigris
#42b8af  rgb(66, 184, 175)  hsl(175, 47%, 49%)  Verdigris
#b8424b  rgb(184, 66, 75)  hsl(355, 47%, 49%)  Brick Red
#af42b8  rgb(175, 66, 184)  hsl(295, 47%, 49%)  Purpureus
#b8af42  rgb(184, 175, 66)  hsl(55, 47%, 49%)  Brass