All About Color #42E6FF

#42E6FF

About #42E6FF

#42E6FF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42E6FF. In RGB it is red 66, green 230, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 188°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 10%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.50:1 on white and 13.99:1 on black.

#42E6FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, E6, FF
CMYK74.12%, 9.80%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 230, 255
HSL188°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 346, 377
HSV (HSB)187.94°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11100110, 11111111
CIE-L*AB84.47, -33.25, -24.11
RGB Percent25.88%, 90.20%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH84.47, 41.07, 215.95
XYZ48.59, 64.97, 104.59
CIE-L*UV84.47, -57.59, -33.98
xyY0.22, 0.30, 64.97
Hunter-Lab80.61, -33.45, -20.51
RYB25.88%, 60.32%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42E6FF on a dark background: contrast 13.99:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42E6FF on a light background: contrast 1.50:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #42E6FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #42E6FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#42E6FF · #9EF2FF · #00C7E6 · #FF5B42 · #FFAB9E

Analogous palette

#42FF5B · #42FFBA · #42E6FF · #4287FF · #5B42FF

Triadic palette

#42E6FF · #FF42E6 · #E6FF42 · #9EF2FF · #FF9EF2

Tetradic palette

#42E6FF · #BA42FF · #FF5B42 · #87FF42 · #00C7E6

Monochromatic palette

#0092A8 · #00D4F5 · #42E6FF · #8FF0FF · #DBFAFF

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