All About Color #42ECFF

#42ECFF

About #42ECFF

#42ECFF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42ECFF. In RGB it is red 66, green 236, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 186°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 7%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.43:1 on white and 14.67:1 on black.

#42ECFF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, EC, FF
CMYK74.12%, 7.45%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 236, 255
HSL186°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 354, 377
HSV (HSB)186.03°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11101100, 11111111
CIE-L*AB86.19, -36.07, -21.50
RGB Percent25.88%, 92.55%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH86.19, 41.99, 210.80
XYZ50.29, 68.37, 105.15
CIE-L*UV86.19, -59.65, -29.19
xyY0.22, 0.31, 68.37
Hunter-Lab82.69, -36.13, -17.52
RYB25.88%, 60.98%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42ECFF on a dark background: contrast 14.67:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42ECFF on a light background: contrast 1.43:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#42ECFF · #9EF5FF · #00CFE6 · #FF5542 · #FFA89E

Analogous palette

#42FF55 · #42FFB4 · #42ECFF · #428EFF · #5542FF

Triadic palette

#42ECFF · #FF42EC · #ECFF42 · #9EF5FF · #FF9EF5

Tetradic palette

#42ECFF · #B442FF · #FF5542 · #8EFF42 · #00CFE6

Monochromatic palette

#0097A8 · #00DCF5 · #42ECFF · #8FF4FF · #DBFBFF

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