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#42E4EA

#42e4ea ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e4ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 89.41% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.79% cyan, 2.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 182.14°, with 80% saturation and 58.82% 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 13.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.65.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6259

Complementary

  1. #42e4ea
  2. #ea4842

Split complementary

  1. #42e4ea
  2. #ea4290
  3. #ea9c42

Analogous

  1. #42ea9c
  2. #42e4ea
  3. #4290ea

Triadic

  1. #42e4ea
  2. #ea42e4
  3. #e4ea42

Tetradic

  1. #42e4ea
  2. #4842ea
  3. #ea4842
  4. #e4ea42

Square

  1. #42e4ea
  2. #9c42ea
  3. #ea4842
  4. #90ea42

Monochromatic

  1. #0f8084
  2. #16c3c9
  3. #42e4ea
  4. #87eef2
  5. #ccf8f9

Shades

#42e4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e4ea
  2. #3bcdd3
  3. #35b6bb
  4. #2ea0a4
  5. #28898c
  6. #217275
  7. #1a5b5e
  8. #144446
  9. #0d2e2f
  10. #071717
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e4ea
  2. #55e7ec
  3. #68e9ee
  4. #7becf0
  5. #8eeff2
  6. #a1f2f5
  7. #b3f4f7
  8. #c6f7f9
  9. #d9fafb
  10. #ecfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e4ea
  2. #48dadf
  3. #4ed0d5
  4. #55c6ca
  5. #5bbcc0
  6. #61b2b5
  7. #67a8aa
  8. #6d9ea0
  9. #749495
  10. #7a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9d8da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4daeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc8eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ece5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #addeea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ad4eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e9e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e4ea {
  color: #42e4ea;
}
Background
.bg-42e4ea {
  background-color: #42e4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e4ea {
  border: 2px solid #42e4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 228 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 182 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e4ea, #4290ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 228 234 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.65 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.66 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.79 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.85 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.27 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.27 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.46 #bd1b15 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#42e4ea  rgb(66, 228, 234)  hsl(182, 80%, 59%)  Electric Blue
#ea4842  rgb(234, 72, 66)  hsl(2, 80%, 59%)  Cinnabar
#ea42e4  rgb(234, 66, 228)  hsl(302, 80%, 59%)  Fuchsia
#e4ea42  rgb(228, 234, 66)  hsl(62, 80%, 59%)  Pear