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#42E4F0

#42e4f0 ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e4f0 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 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.5% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 184.14°, with 85.29% saturation and 60% 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 13.59:1 (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 luminance0.6294

Complementary

  1. #42e4f0
  2. #f04e42

Split complementary

  1. #42e4f0
  2. #f0428d
  3. #f0a542

Analogous

  1. #42f0a5
  2. #42e4f0
  3. #428df0

Triadic

  1. #42e4f0
  2. #f042e4
  3. #e4f042

Tetradic

  1. #42e4f0
  2. #4e42f0
  3. #f04e42
  4. #e4f042

Square

  1. #42e4f0
  2. #a542f0
  3. #f04e42
  4. #8df042

Monochromatic

  1. #0b858e
  2. #11c7d5
  3. #42e4f0
  4. #89eef6
  5. #d0f8fb

Shades

#42e4f0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e4f0
  2. #3bcdd8
  3. #35b6c0
  4. #2ea0a8
  5. #288990
  6. #217278
  7. #1a5b60
  8. #144448
  9. #0d2e30
  10. #071718
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e4f0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e4f0
  2. #55e7f2
  3. #68e9f3
  4. #7becf5
  5. #8eeff6
  6. #a1f2f8
  7. #b3f4f9
  8. #c6f7fb
  9. #d9fafc
  10. #ecfcfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e4f0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e4f0
  2. #48dae5
  3. #4ed0da
  4. #55c6ce
  5. #5bbcc3
  6. #61b2b8
  7. #67a8ad
  8. #6d9ea2
  9. #749496
  10. #7a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aad8dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2daf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac8f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ede7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abdef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98d4f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e9eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e4f0 {
  color: #42e4f0;
}
Background
.bg-42e4f0 {
  background-color: #42e4f0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e4f0 {
  border: 2px solid #42e4f0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e4f0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 228 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 85% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e4f0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e4f0, #428df0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e4f0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 228 240 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.65 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.49 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.28 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.28 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.30 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.49 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.78 #bd1b0f Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#42e4f0  rgb(66, 228, 240)  hsl(184, 85%, 60%)  Electric Blue
#f04e42  rgb(240, 78, 66)  hsl(4, 85%, 60%)  Cinnabar
#f042e4  rgb(240, 66, 228)  hsl(304, 85%, 60%)  Fuchsia
#e4f042  rgb(228, 240, 66)  hsl(64, 85%, 60%)  Pear