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#42EDB6

#42edb6 ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42edb6 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 92.94% green and 71.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.15% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.21% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 160.7°, with 82.61% saturation and 59.41% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 5.9.

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Relative luminance0.651

Complementary

  1. #42edb6
  2. #ed4279

Split complementary

  1. #42edb6
  2. #ed42cf
  3. #ed6042

Analogous

  1. #42ed60
  2. #42edb6
  3. #42cfed

Triadic

  1. #42edb6
  2. #b642ed
  3. #edb642

Tetradic

  1. #42edb6
  2. #4279ed
  3. #ed4279
  4. #edb642

Square

  1. #42edb6
  2. #6042ed
  3. #ed4279
  4. #cfed42

Monochromatic

  1. #0d8961
  2. #14cf93
  3. #42edb6
  4. #88f4d1
  5. #cefaec

Shades

#42edb6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42edb6
  2. #3bd5a4
  3. #35be92
  4. #2ea67f
  5. #288e6d
  6. #21775b
  7. #1a5f49
  8. #144737
  9. #0d2f24
  10. #071812
  11. #000000

Tints

#42edb6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42edb6
  2. #55efbd
  3. #68f1c5
  4. #7bf2cc
  5. #8ef4d3
  6. #a1f6db
  7. #b3f8e2
  8. #c6fae9
  9. #d9fbf0
  10. #ecfdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42edb6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42edb6
  2. #48e2b1
  3. #4ed7ab
  4. #55cca6
  5. #5bc1a0
  6. #61b79b
  7. #67ac96
  8. #6da190
  9. #74968b
  10. #7a8b85
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acdec8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8dcb3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2ccba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eede ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bce3b4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abdab8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00edcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42edb6 {
  color: #42edb6;
}
Background
.bg-42edb6 {
  background-color: #42edb6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42edb6 {
  border: 2px solid #42edb6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42edb6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 237 182;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 83% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42edb6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42edb6, #42cfed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42edb6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 237 182 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 5.90 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 7.46 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.94 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.45 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.51 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 10.14 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.69 #bd1249 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42edb6  rgb(66, 237, 182)  hsl(161, 83%, 59%)  Aquamarine
#ed4279  rgb(237, 66, 121)  hsl(341, 83%, 59%)  French Rose
#b642ed  rgb(182, 66, 237)  hsl(281, 83%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#edb642  rgb(237, 182, 66)  hsl(41, 83%, 59%)  Meat Brown