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#42E8EA

#42e8ea ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e8ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.79% cyan, 0.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 180.71°, with 80% saturation and 58.82% 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 13.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 4.4.

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Relative luminance0.6481

Complementary

  1. #42e8ea
  2. #ea4442

Split complementary

  1. #42e8ea
  2. #ea4294
  3. #ea9842

Analogous

  1. #42ea98
  2. #42e8ea
  3. #4294ea

Triadic

  1. #42e8ea
  2. #ea42e8
  3. #e8ea42

Tetradic

  1. #42e8ea
  2. #4442ea
  3. #ea4442
  4. #e8ea42

Square

  1. #42e8ea
  2. #9842ea
  3. #ea4442
  4. #94ea42

Monochromatic

  1. #0f8384
  2. #16c7c9
  3. #42e8ea
  4. #87f0f2
  5. #ccf9f9

Shades

#42e8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e8ea
  2. #3bd1d3
  3. #35babb
  4. #2ea2a4
  5. #288b8c
  6. #217475
  7. #1a5d5e
  8. #144646
  9. #0d2e2f
  10. #071717
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e8ea
  2. #55eaec
  3. #68edee
  4. #7beff0
  5. #8ef1f2
  6. #a1f4f5
  7. #b3f6f7
  8. #c6f8f9
  9. #d9fafb
  10. #ecfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e8ea
  2. #48dedf
  3. #4ed3d5
  4. #55c9ca
  5. #5bbec0
  6. #61b4b5
  7. #67aaaa
  8. #6d9fa0
  9. #749595
  10. #7a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acdbdc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8ddea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cbeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f0e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0e1ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9dd7eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ede9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e8ea {
  color: #42e8ea;
}
Background
.bg-42e8ea {
  background-color: #42e8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e8ea {
  border: 2px solid #42e8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 232 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e8ea, #4294ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 232 234 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.40 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.06 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.06 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.39 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.88 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.31 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.39 #bd1715 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#42e8ea  rgb(66, 232, 234)  hsl(181, 80%, 59%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea4442  rgb(234, 68, 66)  hsl(1, 80%, 59%)  Cinnabar
#ea42e8  rgb(234, 66, 232)  hsl(301, 80%, 59%)  Fuchsia
#e8ea42  rgb(232, 234, 66)  hsl(61, 80%, 59%)  Icterine