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#42D3FA

#42d3fa ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42d3fa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 82.75% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.6% cyan, 15.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 192.72°, with 94.85% saturation and 61.96% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 5.9.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.5465

Complementary

  1. #42d3fa
  2. #fa6942

Split complementary

  1. #42d3fa
  2. #fa4277
  3. #fac542

Analogous

  1. #42fac5
  2. #42d3fa
  3. #4277fa

Triadic

  1. #42d3fa
  2. #fa42d3
  3. #d3fa42

Tetradic

  1. #42d3fa
  2. #6942fa
  3. #fa6942
  4. #d3fa42

Square

  1. #42d3fa
  2. #c542fa
  3. #fa6942
  4. #77fa42

Monochromatic

  1. #047e9f
  2. #06b9e9
  3. #42d3fa
  4. #8de4fc
  5. #d7f6fe

Shades

#42d3fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42d3fa
  2. #3bbee1
  3. #35a9c8
  4. #2e94af
  5. #287f96
  6. #216a7d
  7. #1a5464
  8. #143f4b
  9. #0d2a32
  10. #071519
  11. #000000

Tints

#42d3fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42d3fa
  2. #55d7fb
  3. #68dcfb
  4. #7be0fc
  5. #8ee5fc
  6. #a1e9fd
  7. #b3edfd
  8. #c6f2fe
  9. #d9f6fe
  10. #ecfbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42d3fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42d3fa
  2. #48cbee
  3. #4ec2e2
  4. #55bad5
  5. #5bb2c9
  6. #61aabd
  7. #67a1b1
  8. #6d99a5
  9. #749198
  10. #7a888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0cadb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbcdfc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2bbfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e0df ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99d0fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86c5fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dbeb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42d3fa {
  color: #42d3fa;
}
Background
.bg-42d3fa {
  background-color: #42d3fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42d3fa {
  border: 2px solid #42d3fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42d3fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 211 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42d3fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42d3fa, #4277fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42d3fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 211 250 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.90 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.31 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.14 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.50 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.09 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 11.22 #bd2c05 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#42d3fa  rgb(66, 211, 250)  hsl(193, 95%, 62%)  Sky Blue
#fa6942  rgb(250, 105, 66)  hsl(13, 95%, 62%)  Tomato
#fa42d3  rgb(250, 66, 211)  hsl(313, 95%, 62%)  Shocking Pink
#d3fa42  rgb(211, 250, 66)  hsl(73, 95%, 62%)  Electric Lime