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#42FEBE

#42febe ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#42febe is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 99.61% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 25.2% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 159.57°, with 98.95% saturation and 62.75% 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 16.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.7576

Complementary

  1. #42febe
  2. #fe4282

Split complementary

  1. #42febe
  2. #fe42e0
  3. #fe6042

Analogous

  1. #42fe60
  2. #42febe
  3. #42e0fe

Triadic

  1. #42febe
  2. #be42fe
  3. #febe42

Tetradic

  1. #42febe
  2. #4282fe
  3. #fe4282
  4. #febe42

Square

  1. #42febe
  2. #6042fe
  3. #fe4282
  4. #e0fe42

Monochromatic

  1. #01a66e
  2. #01f2a0
  3. #42febe
  4. #8efed8
  5. #dafff2

Shades

#42febe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42febe
  2. #3be5ab
  3. #35cb98
  4. #2eb285
  5. #289872
  6. #217f5f
  7. #1a664c
  8. #144c39
  9. #0d3326
  10. #071913
  11. #000000

Tints

#42febe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42febe
  2. #55fec5
  3. #68fecb
  4. #7bfed2
  5. #8efed8
  6. #a1ffdf
  7. #b3ffe5
  8. #c6ffec
  9. #d9fff2
  10. #ecfff9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42febe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42febe
  2. #48f1b8
  3. #4ee5b2
  4. #55d8ab
  5. #5bcca5
  6. #61bf9f
  7. #67b299
  8. #6da693
  9. #74998c
  10. #7a8d86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7eed4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9ecba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1dbc2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00feec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caf3bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7eac1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00fedb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42febe {
  color: #42febe;
}
Background
.bg-42febe {
  background-color: #42febe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42febe {
  border: 2px solid #42febe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42febe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 254 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 99% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42febe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42febe, #42e0fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42febe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 254 190 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 5.34 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 5.86 #00ff7f Spring Green ΔE 10.07 #98fb98 Pale Green ΔE 10.71 #90ee90 Light Green ΔE 10.82 #98ff98 Mint Green ΔE 10.90 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 10.98 #bd0141 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#42febe  rgb(66, 254, 190)  hsl(160, 99%, 63%)  Aquamarine
#fe4282  rgb(254, 66, 130)  hsl(340, 99%, 63%)  French Rose
#be42fe  rgb(190, 66, 254)  hsl(280, 99%, 63%)  Electric Purple
#febe42  rgb(254, 190, 66)  hsl(40, 99%, 63%)  Amber