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#42E4BA

#42e4ba ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42e4ba is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 89.41% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.05% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.42% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 164.44°, with 75% saturation and 57.65% 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 13.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 6.14.

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Relative luminance0.6019

Complementary

  1. #42e4ba
  2. #e4426c

Split complementary

  1. #42e4ba
  2. #e442bd
  3. #e46942

Analogous

  1. #42e469
  2. #42e4ba
  3. #42bde4

Triadic

  1. #42e4ba
  2. #ba42e4
  3. #e4ba42

Tetradic

  1. #42e4ba
  2. #426ce4
  3. #e4426c
  4. #e4ba42

Square

  1. #42e4ba
  2. #6942e4
  3. #e4426c
  4. #bde442

Monochromatic

  1. #127b60
  2. #1bbe94
  3. #42e4ba
  4. #85eed2
  5. #c8f7eb

Shades

#42e4ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e4ba
  2. #3bcda7
  3. #35b695
  4. #2ea082
  5. #288970
  6. #21725d
  7. #1a5b4a
  8. #144438
  9. #0d2e25
  10. #071713
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e4ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e4ba
  2. #55e7c1
  3. #68e9c8
  4. #7beccf
  5. #8eefd6
  6. #a1f2dd
  7. #b3f4e3
  8. #c6f7ea
  9. #d9faf1
  10. #ecfcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e4ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e4ba
  2. #48dab4
  3. #4ed0ae
  4. #55c6a9
  5. #5bbca3
  6. #61b29d
  7. #67a897
  8. #6d9e91
  9. #74948c
  10. #7a8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6d6c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ddd5b8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8c5bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e6d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4dbb9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3d2bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e5cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e4ba {
  color: #42e4ba;
}
Background
.bg-42e4ba {
  background-color: #42e4ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e4ba {
  border: 2px solid #42e4ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e4ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 228 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 75% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e4ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e4ba, #42bde4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e4ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 228 186 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.14 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.70 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.81 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.55 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 8.96 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.79 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.85 #bd1b45 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#42e4ba  rgb(66, 228, 186)  hsl(164, 75%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#e4426c  rgb(228, 66, 108)  hsl(344, 75%, 58%)  Cerise
#ba42e4  rgb(186, 66, 228)  hsl(284, 75%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#e4ba42  rgb(228, 186, 66)  hsl(44, 75%, 58%)  Meat Brown