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#42B8EA

#42b8ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42b8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 72.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.79% cyan, 21.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 197.86°, 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 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.4138

Complementary

  1. #42b8ea
  2. #ea7442

Split complementary

  1. #42b8ea
  2. #ea4264
  3. #eac842

Analogous

  1. #42eac8
  2. #42b8ea
  3. #4264ea

Triadic

  1. #42b8ea
  2. #ea42b8
  3. #b8ea42

Tetradic

  1. #42b8ea
  2. #7442ea
  3. #ea7442
  4. #b8ea42

Square

  1. #42b8ea
  2. #c842ea
  3. #ea7442
  4. #64ea42

Monochromatic

  1. #0f6184
  2. #1694c9
  3. #42b8ea
  4. #87d2f2
  5. #ccecf9

Shades

#42b8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42b8ea
  2. #3ba6d3
  3. #3593bb
  4. #2e81a4
  5. #286e8c
  6. #215c75
  7. #1a4a5e
  8. #143746
  9. #0d252f
  10. #071217
  11. #000000

Tints

#42b8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42b8ea
  2. #55bfec
  3. #68c6ee
  4. #7bcdf0
  5. #8ed4f2
  6. #a1dcf5
  7. #b3e3f7
  8. #c6eaf9
  9. #d9f1fb
  10. #ecf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42b8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42b8ea
  2. #48b2df
  3. #4eadd5
  4. #55a7ca
  5. #5ba2c0
  6. #619cb5
  7. #6796aa
  8. #6d91a0
  9. #748b95
  10. #7a868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb1c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb5ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88a5e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83b6eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72adea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c0d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42b8ea {
  color: #42b8ea;
}
Background
.bg-42b8ea {
  background-color: #42b8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42b8ea {
  border: 2px solid #42b8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42b8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 184 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42b8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42b8ea, #4264ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42b8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 184 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.76 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.86 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.93 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.32 #bd4715 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#42b8ea  rgb(66, 184, 234)  hsl(198, 80%, 59%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea7442  rgb(234, 116, 66)  hsl(18, 80%, 59%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea42b8  rgb(234, 66, 184)  hsl(318, 80%, 59%)  Shocking Pink
#b8ea42  rgb(184, 234, 66)  hsl(78, 80%, 59%)  Inchworm