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#42ECE7

#42ece7 ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42ece7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 92.55% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.03% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.12% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 178.24°, with 81.73% saturation and 59.22% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 2.45.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.6692

Complementary

  1. #42ece7
  2. #ec4247

Split complementary

  1. #42ece7
  2. #ec429c
  3. #ec9242

Analogous

  1. #42ec92
  2. #42ece7
  3. #429cec

Triadic

  1. #42ece7
  2. #e742ec
  3. #ece742

Tetradic

  1. #42ece7
  2. #4247ec
  3. #ec4247
  4. #ece742

Square

  1. #42ece7
  2. #9242ec
  3. #ec4247
  4. #9cec42

Monochromatic

  1. #0e8784
  2. #15cdc8
  3. #42ece7
  4. #88f3f0
  5. #cdfaf9

Shades

#42ece7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42ece7
  2. #3bd4d0
  3. #35bdb9
  4. #2ea5a2
  5. #288e8b
  6. #217674
  7. #1a5e5c
  8. #144745
  9. #0d2f2e
  10. #071817
  11. #000000

Tints

#42ece7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42ece7
  2. #55eee9
  3. #68f0ec
  4. #7bf2ee
  5. #8ef4f1
  6. #a1f6f3
  7. #b3f7f5
  8. #c6f9f8
  9. #d9fbfa
  10. #ecfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42ece7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42ece7
  2. #48e1dd
  3. #4ed6d2
  4. #55ccc8
  5. #5bc1be
  6. #61b6b4
  7. #67aba9
  8. #6da09f
  9. #749695
  10. #7a8b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aedfdd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dee0e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5cee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f3ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4e5e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1dbe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f0e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42ece7 {
  color: #42ece7;
}
Background
.bg-42ece7 {
  background-color: #42ece7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42ece7 {
  border: 2px solid #42ece7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42ece7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 236 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 82% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42ece7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42ece7, #429cec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42ece7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 236 231 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.45 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 4.40 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 4.40 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.66 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 5.29 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.21 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.24 #bd1318 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#42ece7  rgb(66, 236, 231)  hsl(178, 82%, 59%)  Bright Turquoise
#ec4247  rgb(236, 66, 71)  hsl(358, 82%, 59%)  Tractor Red
#e742ec  rgb(231, 66, 236)  hsl(298, 82%, 59%)  Fuchsia
#ece742  rgb(236, 231, 66)  hsl(58, 82%, 59%)  Dandelion