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#42E3EC

#42e3ec ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e3ec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.03% cyan, 3.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 183.18°, with 81.73% saturation and 59.22% 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 13.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.74.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6215

Complementary

  1. #42e3ec
  2. #ec4b42

Split complementary

  1. #42e3ec
  2. #ec428e
  3. #eca042

Analogous

  1. #42eca0
  2. #42e3ec
  3. #428eec

Triadic

  1. #42e3ec
  2. #ec42e3
  3. #e3ec42

Tetradic

  1. #42e3ec
  2. #4b42ec
  3. #ec4b42
  4. #e3ec42

Square

  1. #42e3ec
  2. #a042ec
  3. #ec4b42
  4. #8eec42

Monochromatic

  1. #0e8187
  2. #15c3cd
  3. #42e3ec
  4. #88edf3
  5. #cdf8fa

Shades

#42e3ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e3ec
  2. #3bccd4
  3. #35b6bd
  4. #2e9fa5
  5. #28888e
  6. #217276
  7. #1a5b5e
  8. #144447
  9. #0d2d2f
  10. #071718
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e3ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e3ec
  2. #55e6ee
  3. #68e9f0
  4. #7bebf2
  5. #8eeef4
  6. #a1f1f6
  7. #b3f4f7
  8. #c6f7f9
  9. #d9f9fb
  10. #ecfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e3ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e3ec
  2. #48d9e1
  3. #4ecfd6
  4. #55c5cc
  5. #5bbbc1
  6. #61b2b6
  7. #67a8ab
  8. #6d9ea0
  9. #749496
  10. #7a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9d7db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d9ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac7ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ebe5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abddec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98d3ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e8e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e3ec {
  color: #42e3ec;
}
Background
.bg-42e3ec {
  background-color: #42e3ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e3ec {
  border: 2px solid #42e3ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e3ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 227 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 82% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e3ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e3ec, #428eec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e3ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 227 236 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.74 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.81 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.40 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.74 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.82 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.91 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.91 #bd1c13 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#42e3ec  rgb(66, 227, 236)  hsl(183, 82%, 59%)  Electric Blue
#ec4b42  rgb(236, 75, 66)  hsl(3, 82%, 59%)  Cinnabar
#ec42e3  rgb(236, 66, 227)  hsl(303, 82%, 59%)  Fuchsia
#e3ec42  rgb(227, 236, 66)  hsl(63, 82%, 59%)  Pear