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#42E8DC

#42e8dc ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e8dc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 90.98% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.17% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 175.66°, with 78.3% saturation and 58.43% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 1.46.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6404

Complementary

  1. #42e8dc
  2. #e8424e

Split complementary

  1. #42e8dc
  2. #e842a1
  3. #e88942

Analogous

  1. #42e889
  2. #42e8dc
  3. #42a1e8

Triadic

  1. #42e8dc
  2. #dc42e8
  3. #e8dc42

Tetradic

  1. #42e8dc
  2. #424ee8
  3. #e8424e
  4. #e8dc42

Square

  1. #42e8dc
  2. #8942e8
  3. #e8424e
  4. #a1e842

Monochromatic

  1. #108179
  2. #18c5b9
  3. #42e8dc
  4. #86f0e9
  5. #caf9f5

Shades

#42e8dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e8dc
  2. #3bd1c6
  3. #35bab0
  4. #2ea29a
  5. #288b84
  6. #21746e
  7. #1a5d58
  8. #144642
  9. #0d2e2c
  10. #071716
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e8dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e8dc
  2. #55eae0
  3. #68ede3
  4. #7befe7
  5. #8ef1ea
  6. #a1f4ee
  7. #b3f6f1
  8. #c6f8f5
  9. #d9faf8
  10. #ecfdfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e8dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e8dc
  2. #48ded3
  3. #4ed3ca
  4. #55c9c0
  5. #5bbeb7
  6. #61b4ae
  7. #67aaa5
  8. #6d9f9c
  9. #749592
  10. #7a8a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abdbd6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbdbdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4cade ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eee4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3e1dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0d7dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ebe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e8dc {
  color: #42e8dc;
}
Background
.bg-42e8dc {
  background-color: #42e8dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e8dc {
  border: 2px solid #42e8dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e8dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 232 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 78% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e8dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e8dc, #42a1e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e8dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 232 220 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 1.46 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.32 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 5.07 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.73 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.34 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.34 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.65 #bd1723 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#42e8dc  rgb(66, 232, 220)  hsl(176, 78%, 58%)  Bright Turquoise
#e8424e  rgb(232, 66, 78)  hsl(356, 78%, 58%)  Amaranth
#dc42e8  rgb(220, 66, 232)  hsl(296, 78%, 58%)  Fuchsia
#e8dc42  rgb(232, 220, 66)  hsl(56, 78%, 58%)  Dandelion