All About Color #42E9FF

#42E9FF

About #42E9FF

#42E9FF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42E9FF. In RGB it is red 66, green 233, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 9%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.47:1 on white and 14.33:1 on black.

#42E9FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, E9, FF
CMYK74.12%, 8.63%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 233, 255
HSL187°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 351, 377
HSV (HSB)186.98°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11101001, 11111111
CIE-L*AB85.33, -34.66, -22.80
RGB Percent25.88%, 91.37%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH85.33, 41.49, 213.34
XYZ49.44, 66.66, 104.87
CIE-L*UV85.33, -58.62, -31.58
xyY0.22, 0.30, 66.66
Hunter-Lab81.64, -34.79, -19.01
RYB25.88%, 60.65%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42E9FF on a dark background: contrast 14.33:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42E9FF on a light background: contrast 1.47:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #42E9FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #42E9FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#42E9FF · #9EF4FF · #00CBE6 · #FF5842 · #FFA99E

Analogous palette

#42FF58 · #42FFB7 · #42E9FF · #428BFF · #5842FF

Triadic palette

#42E9FF · #FF42E9 · #E9FF42 · #9EF4FF · #FF9EF4

Tetradic palette

#42E9FF · #B742FF · #FF5842 · #8BFF42 · #00CBE6

Monochromatic palette

#0095A8 · #00D8F5 · #42E9FF · #8FF2FF · #DBFBFF

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