All About Color #42E9F5

#42E9F5

About #42E9F5

#42E9F5 is a light cyan color with the hex code #42E9F5. In RGB it is red 66, green 233, blue 245; in HSL it is hue 184°, saturation 90%, lightness 61%; in CMYK it is 73%, 5%, 0%, 4%. Its contrast ratio is 1.48:1 on white and 14.21:1 on black.

#42E9F5 Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, E9, F5
CMYK73.06%, 4.90%, 0.00%, 3.92%
RGB Decimal66, 233, 245
HSL184°, 90%, 61%
RGB Octal102, 351, 365
HSV (HSB)184.02°, 73.06%, 96.08%
RGB Binary1000010, 11101001, 11110101
CIE-L*AB85.01, -37.59, -18.03
RGB Percent25.88%, 91.37%, 96.08%
CIE-L*CH85.01, 41.69, 205.62
XYZ47.87, 66.03, 96.61
CIE-L*UV85.01, -59.31, -23.07
xyY0.23, 0.31, 66.03
Hunter-Lab81.26, -37.05, -13.61
RYB25.88%, 59.76%, 96.08%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42E9F5 on a dark background: contrast 14.21:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42E9F5 on a light background: contrast 1.48:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #42E9F5, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#42E9F5 · #99F3FA · #0BC3D0 · #F54E42 · #FAA099

Analogous palette

#42F54E · #42F5A7 · #42E9F5 · #4290F5 · #4E42F5

Triadic palette

#42E9F5 · #F542E9 · #E9F542 · #99F3FA · #FA99F3

Tetradic palette

#42E9F5 · #A742F5 · #F54E42 · #90F542 · #0BC3D0

Monochromatic palette

#088D96 · #0CD1DF · #42E9F5 · #8BF2F9 · #D3FAFD

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