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#42E9BE

#42e9be ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42e9be is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 91.37% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.45% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 164.55°, with 79.15% saturation and 58.63% 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 13.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 5.91.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6315

Complementary

  1. #42e9be
  2. #e9426d

Split complementary

  1. #42e9be
  2. #e942c1
  3. #e96b42

Analogous

  1. #42e96b
  2. #42e9be
  3. #42c1e9

Triadic

  1. #42e9be
  2. #be42e9
  3. #e9be42

Tetradic

  1. #42e9be
  2. #426de9
  3. #e9426d
  4. #e9be42

Square

  1. #42e9be
  2. #6b42e9
  3. #e9426d
  4. #c1e942

Monochromatic

  1. #0f8365
  2. #17c79a
  3. #42e9be
  4. #87f1d6
  5. #cbf9ed

Shades

#42e9be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e9be
  2. #3bd2ab
  3. #35ba98
  4. #2ea385
  5. #288c72
  6. #21755f
  7. #1a5d4c
  8. #144639
  9. #0d2f26
  10. #071713
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e9be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e9be
  2. #55ebc5
  3. #68edcb
  4. #7bf0d2
  5. #8ef2d8
  6. #a1f4df
  7. #b3f6e5
  8. #c6f8ec
  9. #d9fbf2
  10. #ecfdf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e9be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e9be
  2. #48dfb8
  3. #4ed4b2
  4. #55caab
  5. #5bbfa5
  6. #61b59f
  7. #67aa99
  8. #6da093
  9. #74958c
  10. #7a8b86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aadbc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2dabc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cccac1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ebdd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8e0bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7d7c0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ead1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e9be {
  color: #42e9be;
}
Background
.bg-42e9be {
  background-color: #42e9be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e9be {
  border: 2px solid #42e9be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e9be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 233 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 79% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e9be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e9be, #42c1e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e9be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 233 190 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 5.91 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.14 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.66 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.83 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.09 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.57 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 9.70 #bd1641 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42e9be  rgb(66, 233, 190)  hsl(165, 79%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#e9426d  rgb(233, 66, 109)  hsl(345, 79%, 59%)  Cerise
#be42e9  rgb(190, 66, 233)  hsl(285, 79%, 59%)  Medium Orchid
#e9be42  rgb(233, 190, 66)  hsl(45, 79%, 59%)  Meat Brown