#42d9d9

Color #42d9d9

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 4.15 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#42d9d9

RGB

rgb(66, 217, 217)

HSL

hsl(180, 66.5%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 69.6%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(79.49, -38.24, -11.45)

LCH

lch(79.49, 39.92, 196.67)

OKLCH

oklch(80.9%, 0.123, 194.99)

HWB

hwb(180, 25.9%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d94242

Analogous

#42d98e

#42d9d9

#428ed9

Triadic

#42d9d9

#d942d9

#d9d942

Split-complementary

#42d9d9

#d9428e

#d98e42

Tetradic

#42d9d9

#4242d9

#d94242

#d9d942

Square

#42d9d9

#8e42d9

#d94242

#8ed942

Shades

Color #42d9d9 mixed toward black.

#28c4c4

#209d9d

#187676

#104f4f

#082727

Tints

Color #42d9d9 mixed toward white.

#62dfdf

#81e6e6

#a1ecec

#c0f2f2

#e0f9f9

Tones

Color #42d9d9 mixed toward gray.

#4fcccc

#5bc0c0

#68b3b3

#74a7a7

#819a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9dd9 · ΔE 32.4

Deuteranopia

#9488d9 · ΔE 37.6

Tritanopia

#53d9d9 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42d9d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42d9d9]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#42d9d9 (#42d9d9) is rgb(66, 217, 217) in RGB.

No, #42d9d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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