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#42EEF9

#42eef9 ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42eef9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 93.33% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.49% cyan, 4.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 183.61°, with 93.85% saturation and 61.76% 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 14.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.06.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.6915

Complementary

  1. #42eef9
  2. #f94d42

Split complementary

  1. #42eef9
  2. #f94292
  3. #f9a942

Analogous

  1. #42f9a9
  2. #42eef9
  3. #4292f9

Triadic

  1. #42eef9
  2. #f942ee
  3. #eef942

Tetradic

  1. #42eef9
  2. #4d42f9
  3. #f94d42
  4. #eef942

Square

  1. #42eef9
  2. #a942f9
  3. #f94d42
  4. #92f942

Monochromatic

  1. #05949d
  2. #07dae7
  3. #42eef9
  4. #8cf5fb
  5. #d6fbfe

Shades

#42eef9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42eef9
  2. #3bd6e0
  3. #35bec7
  4. #2ea7ae
  5. #288f95
  6. #21777d
  7. #1a5f64
  8. #14474b
  9. #0d3032
  10. #071819
  11. #000000

Tints

#42eef9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42eef9
  2. #55f0fa
  3. #68f1fa
  4. #7bf3fb
  5. #8ef5fb
  6. #a1f7fc
  7. #b3f8fd
  8. #c6fafd
  9. #d9fcfe
  10. #ecfdfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42eef9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42eef9
  2. #48e3ed
  3. #4ed8e1
  4. #55cdd5
  5. #5bc2c9
  6. #61b7bd
  7. #67acb0
  8. #6da1a4
  9. #749698
  10. #7a8b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0e2e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dce4fa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2d1fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f7f1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3e8fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fddf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f4f4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42eef9 {
  color: #42eef9;
}
Background
.bg-42eef9 {
  background-color: #42eef9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42eef9 {
  border: 2px solid #42eef9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42eef9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 238 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 94% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42eef9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42eef9, #4292f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42eef9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 238 249 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.06 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.40 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.40 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.46 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.17 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.55 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.06 #bd1106 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#42eef9  rgb(66, 238, 249)  hsl(184, 94%, 62%)  Electric Blue
#f94d42  rgb(249, 77, 66)  hsl(4, 94%, 62%)  Tomato
#f942ee  rgb(249, 66, 238)  hsl(304, 94%, 62%)  Fuchsia
#eef942  rgb(238, 249, 66)  hsl(64, 94%, 62%)  Daffodil