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#42E3FE

#42e3fe ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e3fe is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 89.02% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.02% cyan, 10.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 188.62°, with 98.95% saturation and 62.75% 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 13.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 8.09.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6325

Complementary

  1. #42e3fe
  2. #fe5d42

Split complementary

  1. #42e3fe
  2. #fe4285
  3. #febb42

Analogous

  1. #42febb
  2. #42e3fe
  3. #4285fe

Triadic

  1. #42e3fe
  2. #fe42e3
  3. #e3fe42

Tetradic

  1. #42e3fe
  2. #5d42fe
  3. #fe5d42
  4. #e3fe42

Square

  1. #42e3fe
  2. #bb42fe
  3. #fe5d42
  4. #85fe42

Monochromatic

  1. #018ea6
  2. #01d0f2
  3. #42e3fe
  4. #8eeefe
  5. #dafaff

Shades

#42e3fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e3fe
  2. #3bcce5
  3. #35b6cb
  4. #2e9fb2
  5. #288898
  6. #21727f
  7. #1a5b66
  8. #14444c
  9. #0d2d33
  10. #071719
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e3fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e3fe
  2. #55e6fe
  3. #68e9fe
  4. #7bebfe
  5. #8eeefe
  6. #a1f1ff
  7. #b3f4ff
  8. #c6f7ff
  9. #d9f9ff
  10. #ecfcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e3fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e3fe
  2. #48d9f1
  3. #4ecfe5
  4. #55c5d8
  5. #5bbbcc
  6. #61b2bf
  7. #67a8b2
  8. #6d9ea6
  9. #749499
  10. #7a8a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aad8e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cddbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4c8fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eeeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8deff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94d3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eaf3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e3fe {
  color: #42e3fe;
}
Background
.bg-42e3fe {
  background-color: #42e3fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e3fe {
  border: 2px solid #42e3fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e3fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 227 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 99% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e3fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e3fe, #4285fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e3fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 227 254 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 8.09 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.85 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.19 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.57 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.86 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 11.00 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 11.03 #bd1c01 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#42e3fe  rgb(66, 227, 254)  hsl(189, 99%, 63%)  Electric Blue
#fe5d42  rgb(254, 93, 66)  hsl(9, 99%, 63%)  Tomato
#fe42e3  rgb(254, 66, 227)  hsl(309, 99%, 63%)  Fuchsia
#e3fe42  rgb(227, 254, 66)  hsl(69, 99%, 63%)  Chartreuse Yellow