All About Color #42E0FF

#42E0FF

About #42E0FF

#42E0FF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42E0FF. In RGB it is red 66, green 224, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 190°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 12%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.57:1 on white and 13.34:1 on black.

#42E0FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, E0, FF
CMYK74.12%, 12.16%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 224, 255
HSL190°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 340, 377
HSV (HSB)189.84°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11100000, 11111111
CIE-L*AB82.75, -30.38, -26.73
RGB Percent25.88%, 87.84%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH82.75, 40.47, 221.34
XYZ46.95, 61.69, 104.04
CIE-L*UV82.75, -55.52, -38.79
xyY0.22, 0.29, 61.69
Hunter-Lab78.54, -30.74, -23.56
RYB25.88%, 59.63%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42E0FF on a dark background: contrast 13.34:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42E0FF on a light background: contrast 1.57:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #42E0FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#42E0FF · #9EEFFF · #00BFE6 · #FF6242 · #FFAE9E

Analogous palette

#42FF62 · #42FFC0 · #42E0FF · #4281FF · #6242FF

Triadic palette

#42E0FF · #FF42E0 · #E0FF42 · #9EEFFF · #FF9EEF

Tetradic palette

#42E0FF · #C042FF · #FF6242 · #81FF42 · #00BFE6

Monochromatic palette

#008CA8 · #00CCF5 · #42E0FF · #8FECFF · #DBF9FF

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