All About Color #42F6FF

#42F6FF

About #42F6FF

#42F6FF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42F6FF. In RGB it is red 66, green 246, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 183°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 4%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.32:1 on white and 15.86:1 on black.

#42F6FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, F6, FF
CMYK74.12%, 3.53%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 246, 255
HSL183°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 366, 377
HSV (HSB)182.86°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11110110, 11111111
CIE-L*AB89.06, -40.65, -17.17
RGB Percent25.88%, 96.47%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH89.06, 44.12, 202.90
XYZ53.25, 74.29, 106.14
CIE-L*UV89.06, -63.08, -21.29
xyY0.23, 0.32, 74.29
Hunter-Lab86.19, -40.55, -12.68
RYB25.88%, 62.04%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42F6FF on a dark background: contrast 15.86:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42F6FF on a light background: contrast 1.32:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #42F6FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #42F6FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#42F6FF · #9EFAFF · #00DAE6 · #FF4C42 · #FFA39E

Analogous palette

#42FF4C · #42FFAA · #42F6FF · #4297FF · #4C42FF

Triadic palette

#42F6FF · #FF42F6 · #F6FF42 · #9EFAFF · #FF9EFA

Tetradic palette

#42F6FF · #AA42FF · #FF4C42 · #97FF42 · #00DAE6

Monochromatic palette

#00A0A8 · #00E9F5 · #42F6FF · #8FF9FF · #DBFDFF

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