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#42DCAE

#42dcae ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42dcae is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 86.27% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70% cyan, 0% magenta, 20.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 162.08°, with 68.75% saturation and 56.08% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 4.61.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.554

Complementary

  1. #42dcae
  2. #dc4270

Split complementary

  1. #42dcae
  2. #dc42bd
  3. #dc6142

Analogous

  1. #42dc61
  2. #42dcae
  3. #42bddc

Triadic

  1. #42dcae
  2. #ae42dc
  3. #dcae42

Tetradic

  1. #42dcae
  2. #4270dc
  3. #dc4270
  4. #dcae42

Square

  1. #42dcae
  2. #6142dc
  3. #dc4270
  4. #bddc42

Monochromatic

  1. #157055
  2. #21b186
  3. #42dcae
  4. #83e8ca
  5. #c3f4e5

Shades

#42dcae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42dcae
  2. #3bc69d
  3. #35b08b
  4. #2e9a7a
  5. #288468
  6. #216e57
  7. #1a5846
  8. #144234
  9. #0d2c23
  10. #071611
  11. #000000

Tints

#42dcae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42dcae
  2. #55e0b6
  3. #68e3be
  4. #7be7c6
  5. #8eeace
  6. #a1eed7
  7. #b3f1df
  8. #c6f5e7
  9. #d9f8ef
  10. #ecfcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42dcae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42dcae
  2. #48d3a9
  3. #4ecaa5
  4. #55c0a0
  5. #5bb79c
  6. #61ae97
  7. #67a592
  8. #6d9c8e
  9. #749289
  10. #7a8985
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1cebc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6cdac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2beb1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ddcf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afd3ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fcbb0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ddc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42dcae {
  color: #42dcae;
}
Background
.bg-42dcae {
  background-color: #42dcae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42dcae {
  border: 2px solid #42dcae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42dcae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 220 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42dcae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42dcae, #42bddc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42dcae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 220 174 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.61 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.86 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.50 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.90 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.07 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 10.02 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 10.24 #bd2351 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#42dcae  rgb(66, 220, 174)  hsl(162, 69%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#dc4270  rgb(220, 66, 112)  hsl(342, 69%, 56%)  Razzmatazz
#ae42dc  rgb(174, 66, 220)  hsl(282, 69%, 56%)  Electric Purple
#dcae42  rgb(220, 174, 66)  hsl(42, 69%, 56%)  Meat Brown