All About Color #42FFFF

#42FFFF

About #42FFFF

#42FFFF is a light cyan color with the hex code #42FFFF. In RGB it is red 66, green 255, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 180°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 74%, 0%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.24:1 on white and 16.98:1 on black.

#42FFFF Color Conversion

Hex triplet42, FF, FF
CMYK74.12%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal66, 255, 255
HSL180°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal102, 377, 377
HSV (HSB)180.00°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary1000010, 11111111, 11111111
CIE-L*AB91.64, -44.65, -13.30
RGB Percent25.88%, 100.00%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH91.64, 46.59, 196.59
XYZ56.06, 79.90, 107.08
CIE-L*UV91.64, -66.16, -14.27
xyY0.23, 0.33, 79.90
Hunter-Lab89.39, -44.48, -8.45
RYB25.88%, 62.94%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#42FFFF on a dark background: contrast 16.98:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#42FFFF on a light background: contrast 1.24:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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

Complementary palette

#42FFFF · #9EFFFF · #00E5E6 · #FF4242 · #FF9E9E

Analogous palette

#42FF42 · #42FFA1 · #42FFFF · #42A1FF · #4242FF

Triadic palette

#42FFFF · #FF42FF · #FFFF42 · #9EFFFF · #FF9EFF

Tetradic palette

#42FFFF · #A142FF · #FF4242 · #A1FF42 · #00E5E6

Monochromatic palette

#00A8A8 · #00F5F5 · #42FFFF · #8FFFFF · #DBFFFF

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