All About Color #42E3FF

#42E3FF

About #42E3FF

#42E3FF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42E3FF. In RGB it is red 66, green 227, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 189°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 11%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.54:1 on white and 13.66:1 on black.

#42E3FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, E3, FF
CMYK74.12%, 10.98%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 227, 255
HSL189°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 343, 377
HSV (HSB)188.89°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11100011, 11111111
CIE-L*AB83.61, -31.82, -25.42
RGB Percent25.88%, 89.02%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH83.61, 40.73, 218.62
XYZ47.77, 63.32, 104.31
CIE-L*UV83.61, -56.55, -36.38
xyY0.22, 0.29, 63.32
Hunter-Lab79.57, -32.10, -22.02
RYB25.88%, 59.98%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42E3FF on a dark background: contrast 13.66:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42E3FF on a light background: contrast 1.54:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #42E3FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #42E3FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#42E3FF · #9EF0FF · #00C3E6 · #FF5F42 · #FFAD9E

Analogous palette

#42FF5F · #42FFBD · #42E3FF · #4284FF · #5F42FF

Triadic palette

#42E3FF · #FF42E3 · #E3FF42 · #9EF0FF · #FF9EF0

Tetradic palette

#42E3FF · #BD42FF · #FF5F42 · #84FF42 · #00C3E6

Monochromatic palette

#008FA8 · #00D0F5 · #42E3FF · #8FEEFF · #DBFAFF

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