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#42E3DE

#42e3de ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e3de is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 89.02% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.93% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.2% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 178.14°, with 74.19% saturation and 57.45% 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 13.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.6137

Complementary

  1. #42e3de
  2. #e34247

Split complementary

  1. #42e3de
  2. #e34297
  3. #e38e42

Analogous

  1. #42e38e
  2. #42e3de
  3. #4297e3

Triadic

  1. #42e3de
  2. #de42e3
  3. #e3de42

Tetradic

  1. #42e3de
  2. #4247e3
  3. #e34247
  4. #e3de42

Square

  1. #42e3de
  2. #8e42e3
  3. #e34247
  4. #97e342

Monochromatic

  1. #127a77
  2. #1cbdb8
  3. #42e3de
  4. #85edea
  5. #c7f7f5

Shades

#42e3de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e3de
  2. #3bccc8
  3. #35b6b2
  4. #2e9f9b
  5. #288885
  6. #21726f
  7. #1a5b59
  8. #144443
  9. #0d2d2c
  10. #071716
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e3de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e3de
  2. #55e6e1
  3. #68e9e5
  4. #7bebe8
  5. #8eeeeb
  6. #a1f1ef
  7. #b3f4f2
  8. #c6f7f5
  9. #d9f9f8
  10. #ecfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e3de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e3de
  2. #48d9d5
  3. #4ecfcb
  4. #55c5c2
  5. #5bbbb8
  6. #61b2af
  7. #67a8a6
  8. #6d9e9c
  9. #749493
  10. #7a8a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8d6d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5d7de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bec6df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e9e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aedcde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cd2df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e7e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e3de {
  color: #42e3de;
}
Background
.bg-42e3de {
  background-color: #42e3de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e3de {
  border: 2px solid #42e3de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e3de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 227 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 74% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e3de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e3de, #4297e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e3de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 227 222 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.47 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.78 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.22 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.72 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.86 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.27 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.27 #bd1c21 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#42e3de  rgb(66, 227, 222)  hsl(178, 74%, 57%)  Bright Turquoise
#e34247  rgb(227, 66, 71)  hsl(358, 74%, 57%)  Tractor Red
#de42e3  rgb(222, 66, 227)  hsl(298, 74%, 57%)  Fuchsia
#e3de42  rgb(227, 222, 66)  hsl(58, 74%, 57%)  Dandelion