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#42E9DB

#42e9db ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42e9db 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.01% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 174.97°, with 79.15% saturation and 58.63% 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 13.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 1.82.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6455

Complementary

  1. #42e9db
  2. #e94250

Split complementary

  1. #42e9db
  2. #e942a4
  3. #e98842

Analogous

  1. #42e988
  2. #42e9db
  3. #42a4e9

Triadic

  1. #42e9db
  2. #db42e9
  3. #e9db42

Tetradic

  1. #42e9db
  2. #4250e9
  3. #e94250
  4. #e9db42

Square

  1. #42e9db
  2. #8842e9
  3. #e94250
  4. #a4e942

Monochromatic

  1. #0f8379
  2. #17c7b9
  3. #42e9db
  4. #87f1e8
  5. #cbf9f5

Shades

#42e9db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42e9db
  2. #3bd2c5
  3. #35baaf
  4. #2ea399
  5. #288c83
  6. #21756e
  7. #1a5d58
  8. #144642
  9. #0d2f2c
  10. #071716
  11. #000000

Tints

#42e9db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42e9db
  2. #55ebdf
  3. #68ede2
  4. #7bf0e6
  5. #8ef2e9
  6. #a1f4ed
  7. #b3f6f1
  8. #c6f8f4
  9. #d9fbf8
  10. #ecfdfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42e9db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42e9db
  2. #48dfd2
  3. #4ed4c9
  4. #55cac0
  5. #5bbfb7
  6. #61b5ae
  7. #67aaa4
  8. #6da09b
  9. #749592
  10. #7a8b89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abdcd6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dddcdb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cbdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eee4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4e1db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1d8dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ece1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42e9db {
  color: #42e9db;
}
Background
.bg-42e9db {
  background-color: #42e9db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42e9db {
  border: 2px solid #42e9db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42e9db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 233 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 79% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42e9db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42e9db, #42a4e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42e9db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 233 219 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 1.82 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.19 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 4.79 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.18 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.60 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.60 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.14 #bd1624 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#42e9db  rgb(66, 233, 219)  hsl(175, 79%, 59%)  Bright Turquoise
#e94250  rgb(233, 66, 80)  hsl(355, 79%, 59%)  Amaranth
#db42e9  rgb(219, 66, 233)  hsl(295, 79%, 59%)  Fuchsia
#e9db42  rgb(233, 219, 66)  hsl(55, 79%, 59%)  Dandelion