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#42E8BF

#42e8bf ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e8bf 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 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.67% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 165.18°, with 78.3% saturation and 58.43% 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 13.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 6.1.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6263

Complementary

  1. #42e8bf
  2. #e8426b

Split complementary

  1. #42e8bf
  2. #e842be
  3. #e86c42

Analogous

  1. #42e86c
  2. #42e8bf
  3. #42bee8

Triadic

  1. #42e8bf
  2. #bf42e8
  3. #e8bf42

Tetradic

  1. #42e8bf
  2. #426be8
  3. #e8426b
  4. #e8bf42

Square

  1. #42e8bf
  2. #6c42e8
  3. #e8426b
  4. #bee842

Monochromatic

  1. #108165
  2. #18c59b
  3. #42e8bf
  4. #86f0d6
  5. #caf9ed

Shades

#42e8bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e8bf
  2. #3bd1ac
  3. #35ba99
  4. #2ea286
  5. #288b73
  6. #217460
  7. #1a5d4c
  8. #144639
  9. #0d2e26
  10. #071713
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e8bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e8bf
  2. #55eac5
  3. #68edcc
  4. #7befd2
  5. #8ef1d9
  6. #a1f4df
  7. #b3f6e5
  8. #c6f8ec
  9. #d9faf2
  10. #ecfdf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e8bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e8bf
  2. #48deb9
  3. #4ed3b2
  4. #55c9ac
  5. #5bbea6
  6. #61b4a0
  7. #67aa99
  8. #6d9f93
  9. #74958d
  10. #7a8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9dac9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1d9bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbc9c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eadc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7dfbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6d6c1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e9d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e8bf {
  color: #42e8bf;
}
Background
.bg-42e8bf {
  background-color: #42e8bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e8bf {
  border: 2px solid #42e8bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e8bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 232 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 78% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e8bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e8bf, #42bee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e8bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 232 191 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.10 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.93 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.31 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.65 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.08 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 9.39 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.39 #bd1740 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42e8bf  rgb(66, 232, 191)  hsl(165, 78%, 58%)  Aquamarine
#e8426b  rgb(232, 66, 107)  hsl(345, 78%, 58%)  Cerise
#bf42e8  rgb(191, 66, 232)  hsl(285, 78%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#e8bf42  rgb(232, 191, 66)  hsl(45, 78%, 58%)  Meat Brown