#42a2ae

Color #42a2ae

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.52 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#42a2ae

RGB

rgb(66, 162, 174)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 45%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 62.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(61.7, -24.22, -14.61)

LCH

lch(61.7, 28.29, 211.1)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0904, 206.62)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 25.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae4e42

Analogous

#42ae84

#42a2ae

#426cae

Triadic

#42a2ae

#ae42a2

#a2ae42

Split-complementary

#42a2ae

#ae426c

#ae8442

Tetradic

#42a2ae

#4e42ae

#ae4e42

#a2ae42

Square

#42a2ae

#8442ae

#ae4e42

#6cae42

Shades

Color #42a2ae mixed toward black.

#378791

#2c6c74

#215157

#16363a

#0b1b1d

Tints

Color #42a2ae mixed toward white.

#5cb6c1

#7dc5ce

#9dd3da

#bee2e6

#def0f3

Tones

Color #42a2ae mixed toward gray.

#4b9ba5

#54949c

#5d8d93

#66868a

#6f7f81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879ab · ΔE 26.8

Deuteranopia

#726bab · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#4ba9a8 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42a2ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42a2ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#42a2ae (#42a2ae) is rgb(66, 162, 174) in RGB.

No, #42a2ae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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