All About Color #42D6FF

#42D6FF

About #42D6FF

#42D6FF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42D6FF. In RGB it is red 66, green 214, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 193°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 16%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.71:1 on white and 12.29:1 on black.

#42D6FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, D6, FF
CMYK74.12%, 16.08%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 214, 255
HSL193°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 326, 377
HSV (HSB)193.02°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11010110, 11111111
CIE-L*AB79.88, -25.49, -31.13
RGB Percent25.88%, 83.92%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH79.88, 40.23, 230.69
XYZ44.34, 56.47, 103.17
CIE-L*UV79.88, -52.06, -46.85
xyY0.22, 0.28, 56.47
Hunter-Lab75.15, -26.18, -28.80
RYB25.88%, 58.43%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42D6FF on a dark background: contrast 12.29:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42D6FF on a light background: contrast 1.71:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #42D6FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #42D6FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#42D6FF · #9EEAFF · #00B4E6 · #FF6B42 · #FFB39E

Analogous palette

#42FF6B · #42FFCA · #42D6FF · #4278FF · #6B42FF

Triadic palette

#42D6FF · #FF42D6 · #D6FF42 · #9EEAFF · #FF9EEA

Tetradic palette

#42D6FF · #CA42FF · #FF6B42 · #78FF42 · #00B4E6

Monochromatic palette

#0084A8 · #00C0F5 · #42D6FF · #8FE7FF · #DBF7FF

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