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#42E7BF

#42e7bf ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e7bf 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 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.32% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 165.45°, with 77.46% saturation and 58.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 13.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 6.3.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6207

Complementary

  1. #42e7bf
  2. #e7426a

Split complementary

  1. #42e7bf
  2. #e742bd
  3. #e76d42

Analogous

  1. #42e76d
  2. #42e7bf
  3. #42bde7

Triadic

  1. #42e7bf
  2. #bf42e7
  3. #e7bf42

Tetradic

  1. #42e7bf
  2. #426ae7
  3. #e7426a
  4. #e7bf42

Square

  1. #42e7bf
  2. #6d42e7
  3. #e7426a
  4. #bde742

Monochromatic

  1. #108065
  2. #19c49a
  3. #42e7bf
  4. #86f0d6
  5. #caf8ed

Shades

#42e7bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e7bf
  2. #3bd0ac
  3. #35b999
  4. #2ea286
  5. #288b73
  6. #217460
  7. #1a5c4c
  8. #144539
  9. #0d2e26
  10. #071713
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e7bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e7bf
  2. #55e9c5
  3. #68eccc
  4. #7beed2
  5. #8ef1d9
  6. #a1f3df
  7. #b3f5e5
  8. #c6f8ec
  9. #d9faf2
  10. #ecfdf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e7bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e7bf
  2. #48ddb9
  3. #4ed2b2
  4. #55c8ac
  5. #5bbea6
  6. #61b4a0
  7. #67a999
  8. #6d9f93
  9. #74958d
  10. #7a8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9d9c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e0d8bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cac8c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e9db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6debe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5d5c1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e7bf {
  color: #42e7bf;
}
Background
.bg-42e7bf {
  background-color: #42e7bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e7bf {
  border: 2px solid #42e7bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e7bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 231 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 77% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e7bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e7bf, #42bde7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e7bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 231 191 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.30 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.74 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.04 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.56 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.07 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.17 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 9.31 #bd1840 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42e7bf  rgb(66, 231, 191)  hsl(165, 77%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#e7426a  rgb(231, 66, 106)  hsl(345, 77%, 58%)  Cerise
#bf42e7  rgb(191, 66, 231)  hsl(285, 77%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#e7bf42  rgb(231, 191, 66)  hsl(45, 77%, 58%)  Meat Brown