#42d3e2

Color #42d3e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#42d3e2

RGB

rgb(66, 211, 226)

HSL

hsl(185.6, 73.4%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.6, 70.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(78.01, -32.85, -18.49)

LCH

lch(78.01, 37.7, 209.37)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.1207, 205.21)

HWB

hwb(185.6, 25.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e25142

Analogous

#42e2a1

#42d3e2

#4283e2

Triadic

#42d3e2

#e242d3

#d3e242

Split-complementary

#42d3e2

#e24283

#e2a142

Tetradic

#42d3e2

#5142e2

#e25142

#d3e242

Square

#42d3e2

#a142e2

#e25142

#83e242

Shades

Color #42d3e2 mixed toward black.

#20c2d3

#1a9ca9

#13757f

#0d4e54

#06272a

Tints

Color #42d3e2 mixed toward white.

#62dae7

#81e2ec

#a1e9f1

#c0f0f5

#e0f8fa

Tones

Color #42d3e2 mixed toward gray.

#50c8d5

#5dbdc7

#6ab3ba

#77a8ad

#859d9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899de · ΔE 30.7

Deuteranopia

#9085de · ΔE 35

Tritanopia

#52dcdb · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42d3e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42d3e2]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#42d3e2 (#42d3e2) is rgb(66, 211, 226) in RGB.

No, #42d3e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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