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#42E8BC

#42e8bc ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42e8bc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 90.98% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.97% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 164.1°, with 78.3% saturation and 58.43% 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 13.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 6.09.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.625

Complementary

  1. #42e8bc
  2. #e8426e

Split complementary

  1. #42e8bc
  2. #e842c1
  3. #e86942

Analogous

  1. #42e869
  2. #42e8bc
  3. #42c1e8

Triadic

  1. #42e8bc
  2. #bc42e8
  3. #e8bc42

Tetradic

  1. #42e8bc
  2. #426ee8
  3. #e8426e
  4. #e8bc42

Square

  1. #42e8bc
  2. #6942e8
  3. #e8426e
  4. #c1e842

Monochromatic

  1. #108163
  2. #18c598
  3. #42e8bc
  4. #86f0d4
  5. #caf9ec

Shades

#42e8bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e8bc
  2. #3bd1a9
  3. #35ba96
  4. #2ea284
  5. #288b71
  6. #21745e
  7. #1a5d4b
  8. #144638
  9. #0d2e26
  10. #071713
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e8bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e8bc
  2. #55eac3
  3. #68edc9
  4. #7befd0
  5. #8ef1d7
  6. #a1f4de
  7. #b3f6e4
  8. #c6f8eb
  9. #d9faf2
  10. #ecfdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e8bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e8bc
  2. #48deb6
  3. #4ed3b0
  4. #55c9aa
  5. #5bbea4
  6. #61b49e
  7. #67aa98
  8. #6d9f92
  9. #74958c
  10. #7a8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9dac8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1d9ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbc9bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eadb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7dfbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6d6be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e8bc {
  color: #42e8bc;
}
Background
.bg-42e8bc {
  background-color: #42e8bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e8bc {
  border: 2px solid #42e8bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e8bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 232 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 78% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e8bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e8bc, #42c1e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e8bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 232 188 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.09 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.95 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.35 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.06 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.04 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.65 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 10.06 #bd1743 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42e8bc  rgb(66, 232, 188)  hsl(164, 78%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#e8426e  rgb(232, 66, 110)  hsl(344, 78%, 58%)  Cerise
#bc42e8  rgb(188, 66, 232)  hsl(284, 78%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#e8bc42  rgb(232, 188, 66)  hsl(44, 78%, 58%)  Meat Brown