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#42F2BC

#42f2bc ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42f2bc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 94.9% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.73% cyan, 0% magenta, 22.31% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 161.59°, with 87.13% saturation and 60.39% 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 14.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 5.07.

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Relative luminance0.6829

Complementary

  1. #42f2bc
  2. #f24278

Split complementary

  1. #42f2bc
  2. #f242d0
  3. #f26442

Analogous

  1. #42f264
  2. #42f2bc
  3. #42d0f2

Triadic

  1. #42f2bc
  2. #bc42f2
  3. #f2bc42

Tetradic

  1. #42f2bc
  2. #4278f2
  3. #f24278
  4. #f2bc42

Square

  1. #42f2bc
  2. #6442f2
  3. #f24278
  4. #d0f242

Monochromatic

  1. #0a9168
  2. #0fd99b
  3. #42f2bc
  4. #8af7d5
  5. #d1fcef

Shades

#42f2bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42f2bc
  2. #3bdaa9
  3. #35c296
  4. #2ea984
  5. #289171
  6. #21795e
  7. #1a614b
  8. #144938
  9. #0d3026
  10. #071813
  11. #000000

Tints

#42f2bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42f2bc
  2. #55f3c3
  3. #68f5c9
  4. #7bf6d0
  5. #8ef7d7
  6. #a1f9de
  7. #b3fae4
  8. #c6fbeb
  9. #d9fcf2
  10. #ecfef8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42f2bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42f2bc
  2. #48e7b6
  3. #4edbb0
  4. #55d0aa
  5. #5bc4a4
  6. #61b99e
  7. #67ae98
  8. #6da292
  9. #74978c
  10. #7a8b86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0e3cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ece1b9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6d1c0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f3e3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0e8ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aedfbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42f2bc {
  color: #42f2bc;
}
Background
.bg-42f2bc {
  background-color: #42f2bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42f2bc {
  border: 2px solid #42f2bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42f2bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 242 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 87% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42f2bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42f2bc, #42d0f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42f2bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 242 188 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 5.07 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 7.58 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 9.00 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.28 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.76 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.98 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.63 #bd0d43 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42f2bc  rgb(66, 242, 188)  hsl(162, 87%, 60%)  Aquamarine
#f24278  rgb(242, 66, 120)  hsl(342, 87%, 60%)  French Rose
#bc42f2  rgb(188, 66, 242)  hsl(282, 87%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#f2bc42  rgb(242, 188, 66)  hsl(42, 87%, 60%)  Meat Brown