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#42EAEA

#42eaea ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42eaea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 91.76% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 180°, 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 14.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 3.79.

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Relative luminance0.6594

Complementary

  1. #42eaea
  2. #ea4242

Split complementary

  1. #42eaea
  2. #ea4296
  3. #ea9642

Analogous

  1. #42ea96
  2. #42eaea
  3. #4296ea

Triadic

  1. #42eaea
  2. #ea42ea
  3. #eaea42

Tetradic

  1. #42eaea
  2. #4242ea
  3. #ea4242
  4. #eaea42

Square

  1. #42eaea
  2. #9642ea
  3. #ea4242
  4. #96ea42

Monochromatic

  1. #0f8484
  2. #16c9c9
  3. #42eaea
  4. #87f2f2
  5. #ccf9f9

Shades

#42eaea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42eaea
  2. #3bd3d3
  3. #35bbbb
  4. #2ea4a4
  5. #288c8c
  6. #217575
  7. #1a5e5e
  8. #144646
  9. #0d2f2f
  10. #071717
  11. #000000

Tints

#42eaea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42eaea
  2. #55ecec
  3. #68eeee
  4. #7bf0f0
  5. #8ef2f2
  6. #a1f5f5
  7. #b3f7f7
  8. #c6f9f9
  9. #d9fbfb
  10. #ecfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42eaea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42eaea
  2. #48dfdf
  3. #4ed5d5
  4. #55caca
  5. #5bc0c0
  6. #61b5b5
  7. #67aaaa
  8. #6da0a0
  9. #749595
  10. #7a8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #addddd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbdfea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2cdeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f1ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2e3ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fd9eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eeea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42eaea {
  color: #42eaea;
}
Background
.bg-42eaea {
  background-color: #42eaea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42eaea {
  border: 2px solid #42eaea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42eaea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 234 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42eaea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42eaea, #4296ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42eaea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 234 234 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.79 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 4.56 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 4.56 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.43 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.91 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.05 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.75 #bd1515 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#42eaea  rgb(66, 234, 234)  hsl(180, 80%, 59%)  Bright Turquoise
#ea4242  rgb(234, 66, 66)  hsl(0, 80%, 59%)  Cinnabar
#ea42ea  rgb(234, 66, 234)  hsl(300, 80%, 59%)  Fuchsia
#eaea42  rgb(234, 234, 66)  hsl(60, 80%, 59%)  Icterine