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#42EFBA

#42efba ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42efba is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 93.73% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.38% cyan, 0% magenta, 22.18% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 161.62°, with 84.39% saturation and 59.8% 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 14.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 5.4.

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Relative luminance0.6644

Complementary

  1. #42efba
  2. #ef4277

Split complementary

  1. #42efba
  2. #ef42cd
  3. #ef6342

Analogous

  1. #42ef63
  2. #42efba
  3. #42cdef

Triadic

  1. #42efba
  2. #ba42ef
  3. #efba42

Tetradic

  1. #42efba
  2. #4277ef
  3. #ef4277
  4. #efba42

Square

  1. #42efba
  2. #6342ef
  3. #ef4277
  4. #cdef42

Monochromatic

  1. #0c8c65
  2. #12d398
  3. #42efba
  4. #89f5d4
  5. #cffbed

Shades

#42efba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42efba
  2. #3bd7a7
  3. #35bf95
  4. #2ea782
  5. #288f70
  6. #21785d
  7. #1a604a
  8. #144838
  9. #0d3025
  10. #071813
  11. #000000

Tints

#42efba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42efba
  2. #55f1c1
  3. #68f2c8
  4. #7bf4cf
  5. #8ef5d6
  6. #a1f7dd
  7. #b3f9e3
  8. #c6faea
  9. #d9fcf1
  10. #ecfdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42efba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42efba
  2. #48e4b4
  3. #4ed9ae
  4. #55cea9
  5. #5bc3a3
  6. #61b89d
  7. #67ac97
  8. #6da191
  9. #74968c
  10. #7a8b86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ade0cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e9deb7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3cebe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f0e0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bde5b8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acdcbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f0d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42efba {
  color: #42efba;
}
Background
.bg-42efba {
  background-color: #42efba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42efba {
  border: 2px solid #42efba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42efba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 239 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 84% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42efba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42efba, #42cdef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42efba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 239 186 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 5.40 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 7.83 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.39 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.67 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.53 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.94 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.31 #bd1045 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42efba  rgb(66, 239, 186)  hsl(162, 84%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#ef4277  rgb(239, 66, 119)  hsl(342, 84%, 60%)  French Rose
#ba42ef  rgb(186, 66, 239)  hsl(282, 84%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#efba42  rgb(239, 186, 66)  hsl(42, 84%, 60%)  Meat Brown