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#42E7F2

#42e7f2 ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e7f2 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 90.59% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.73% cyan, 4.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 183.75°, with 87.13% saturation and 60.39% 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 13.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.08.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.6472

Complementary

  1. #42e7f2
  2. #f24d42

Split complementary

  1. #42e7f2
  2. #f2428f
  3. #f2a542

Analogous

  1. #42f2a5
  2. #42e7f2
  3. #428ff2

Triadic

  1. #42e7f2
  2. #f242e7
  3. #e7f242

Tetradic

  1. #42e7f2
  2. #4d42f2
  3. #f24d42
  4. #e7f242

Square

  1. #42e7f2
  2. #a542f2
  3. #f24d42
  4. #8ff242

Monochromatic

  1. #0a8991
  2. #0fccd9
  3. #42e7f2
  4. #8af0f7
  5. #d1f9fc

Shades

#42e7f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e7f2
  2. #3bd0da
  3. #35b9c2
  4. #2ea2a9
  5. #288b91
  6. #217479
  7. #1a5c61
  8. #144549
  9. #0d2e30
  10. #071718
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e7f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e7f2
  2. #55e9f3
  3. #68ecf5
  4. #7beef6
  5. #8ef1f7
  6. #a1f3f9
  7. #b3f5fa
  8. #c6f8fb
  9. #d9fafc
  10. #ecfdfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e7f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e7f2
  2. #48dde7
  3. #4ed2db
  4. #55c8d0
  5. #5bbec4
  6. #61b4b9
  7. #67a9ae
  8. #6d9fa2
  9. #749597
  10. #7a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acdbe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5ddf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bccbf3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f0ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aee1f3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ad7f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eced ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e7f2 {
  color: #42e7f2;
}
Background
.bg-42e7f2 {
  background-color: #42e7f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e7f2 {
  border: 2px solid #42e7f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e7f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 231 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 87% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e7f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e7f2, #428ff2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e7f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 231 242 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.08 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.54 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.54 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.86 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.38 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.47 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.81 #bd180d Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#42e7f2  rgb(66, 231, 242)  hsl(184, 87%, 60%)  Electric Blue
#f24d42  rgb(242, 77, 66)  hsl(4, 87%, 60%)  Cinnabar
#f242e7  rgb(242, 66, 231)  hsl(304, 87%, 60%)  Fuchsia
#e7f242  rgb(231, 242, 66)  hsl(64, 87%, 60%)  Icterine