#42d2dd

Color #42d2dd

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 7.24 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#42d2dd

RGB

rgb(66, 210, 221)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 69.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 70.1%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.1%, 5%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(77.56, -33.84, -16.49)

LCH

lch(77.56, 37.64, 205.98)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.1194, 202.55)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 25.9%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd4d42

Analogous

#42dd9b

#42d2dd

#4284dd

Triadic

#42d2dd

#dd42d2

#d2dd42

Split-complementary

#42d2dd

#dd4284

#dd9b42

Tetradic

#42d2dd

#4d42dd

#dd4d42

#d2dd42

Square

#42d2dd

#9b42dd

#dd4d42

#84dd42

Shades

Color #42d2dd mixed toward black.

#24bfcb

#1d99a2

#16737a

#0f4c51

#072629

Tints

Color #42d2dd mixed toward white.

#62d9e3

#81e1e8

#a1e8ee

#c0f0f4

#e0f7f9

Tones

Color #42d2dd mixed toward gray.

#4fc7d0

#5cbcc3

#69b1b6

#76a6a9

#839b9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798da · ΔE 31.1

Deuteranopia

#8f84da · ΔE 35.5

Tritanopia

#52d8d8 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42d2dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42d2dd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#42d2dd (#42d2dd) is rgb(66, 210, 221) in RGB.

No, #42d2dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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