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#42E7BB

#42e7bb ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42e7bb is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 90.59% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 19.05% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 164°, with 77.46% saturation and 58.24% 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 13.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 6.27.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.619

Complementary

  1. #42e7bb
  2. #e7426e

Split complementary

  1. #42e7bb
  2. #e742c1
  3. #e76942

Analogous

  1. #42e769
  2. #42e7bb
  3. #42c1e7

Triadic

  1. #42e7bb
  2. #bb42e7
  3. #e7bb42

Tetradic

  1. #42e7bb
  2. #426ee7
  3. #e7426e
  4. #e7bb42

Square

  1. #42e7bb
  2. #6942e7
  3. #e7426e
  4. #c1e742

Monochromatic

  1. #108062
  2. #19c496
  3. #42e7bb
  4. #86f0d3
  5. #caf8ec

Shades

#42e7bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e7bb
  2. #3bd0a8
  3. #35b996
  4. #2ea283
  5. #288b70
  6. #21745e
  7. #1a5c4b
  8. #144538
  9. #0d2e25
  10. #071713
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e7bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e7bb
  2. #55e9c2
  3. #68ecc9
  4. #7beecf
  5. #8ef1d6
  6. #a1f3dd
  7. #b3f5e4
  8. #c6f8eb
  9. #d9faf1
  10. #ecfdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e7bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e7bb
  2. #48ddb5
  3. #4ed2af
  4. #55c8a9
  5. #5bbea3
  6. #61b49e
  7. #67a998
  8. #6d9f92
  9. #74958c
  10. #7a8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8d9c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0d8b9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbc8be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e9da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6deba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5d5bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e8cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e7bb {
  color: #42e7bb;
}
Background
.bg-42e7bb {
  background-color: #42e7bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e7bb {
  border: 2px solid #42e7bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e7bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 231 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 77% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e7bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e7bb, #42c1e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e7bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 231 187 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.27 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.76 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.14 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.05 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.01 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.70 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 10.11 #bd1844 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42e7bb  rgb(66, 231, 187)  hsl(164, 77%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#e7426e  rgb(231, 66, 110)  hsl(344, 77%, 58%)  Cerise
#bb42e7  rgb(187, 66, 231)  hsl(284, 77%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#e7bb42  rgb(231, 187, 66)  hsl(44, 77%, 58%)  Meat Brown