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#42E5FF

#42e5ff ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e5ff is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 89.8% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.12% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 188.25°, with 100% saturation and 62.94% 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 13.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 7.59.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6442

Complementary

  1. #42e5ff
  2. #ff5c42

Split complementary

  1. #42e5ff
  2. #ff4287
  3. #ffba42

Analogous

  1. #42ffba
  2. #42e5ff
  3. #4287ff

Triadic

  1. #42e5ff
  2. #ff42e5
  3. #e5ff42

Tetradic

  1. #42e5ff
  2. #5c42ff
  3. #ff5c42
  4. #e5ff42

Square

  1. #42e5ff
  2. #ba42ff
  3. #ff5c42
  4. #87ff42

Monochromatic

  1. #0091a8
  2. #00d3f4
  3. #42e5ff
  4. #8ef0ff
  5. #dbfaff

Shades

#42e5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e5ff
  2. #3bcee6
  3. #35b7cc
  4. #2ea0b3
  5. #288999
  6. #217380
  7. #1a5c66
  8. #14454d
  9. #0d2e33
  10. #07171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e5ff
  2. #55e8ff
  3. #68eaff
  4. #7bedff
  5. #8eefff
  6. #a1f2ff
  7. #b3f5ff
  8. #c6f7ff
  9. #d9faff
  10. #ecfcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e5ff
  2. #48dbf2
  3. #4ed1e6
  4. #55c7d9
  5. #5bbdcc
  6. #61b3c0
  7. #67a8b3
  8. #6d9ea6
  9. #749499
  10. #7a8a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abdae5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ddff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6caff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f0ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9e0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95d5ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ecf4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e5ff {
  color: #42e5ff;
}
Background
.bg-42e5ff {
  background-color: #42e5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e5ff {
  border: 2px solid #42e5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 229 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 100% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e5ff, #4287ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 229 255 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.59 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.27 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.33 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.80 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.99 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 10.50 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 10.50 #bd1a00 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#42e5ff  rgb(66, 229, 255)  hsl(188, 100%, 63%)  Electric Blue
#ff5c42  rgb(255, 92, 66)  hsl(8, 100%, 63%)  Tomato
#ff42e5  rgb(255, 66, 229)  hsl(308, 100%, 63%)  Fuchsia
#e5ff42  rgb(229, 255, 66)  hsl(68, 100%, 63%)  Chartreuse Yellow