All About Color #42EFFF

#42EFFF

About #42EFFF

#42EFFF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42EFFF. In RGB it is red 66, green 239, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 185°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 6%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.40:1 on white and 15.02:1 on black.

#42EFFF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, EF, FF
CMYK74.12%, 6.27%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 239, 255
HSL185°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 357, 377
HSV (HSB)185.08°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11101111, 11111111
CIE-L*AB87.05, -37.45, -20.20
RGB Percent25.88%, 93.73%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH87.05, 42.55, 208.34
XYZ51.16, 70.11, 105.44
CIE-L*UV87.05, -60.68, -26.81
xyY0.23, 0.31, 70.11
Hunter-Lab83.73, -37.46, -16.05
RYB25.88%, 61.30%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42EFFF on a dark background: contrast 15.02:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42EFFF on a light background: contrast 1.40:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#42EFFF · #9EF7FF · #00D2E6 · #FF5242 · #FFA69E

Analogous palette

#42FF52 · #42FFB0 · #42EFFF · #4291FF · #5242FF

Triadic palette

#42EFFF · #FF42EF · #EFFF42 · #9EF7FF · #FF9EF7

Tetradic palette

#42EFFF · #B042FF · #FF5242 · #91FF42 · #00D2E6

Monochromatic palette

#009AA8 · #00E0F5 · #42EFFF · #8FF6FF · #DBFCFF

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