#42e1f6

Color #42e1f6

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 13 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#42e1f6

RGB

rgb(66, 225, 246)

HSL

hsl(187, 90.9%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 73.2%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(73.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(82.73, -33.57, -21.99)

LCH

lch(82.73, 40.13, 213.23)

OKLCH

oklch(83.8%, 0.1298, 208.12)

HWB

hwb(187, 25.9%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f65742

Analogous

#42f6b1

#42e1f6

#4287f6

Triadic

#42e1f6

#f642e1

#e1f642

Split-complementary

#42e1f6

#f64287

#f6b142

Tetradic

#42e1f6

#5742f6

#f65742

#e1f642

Square

#42e1f6

#b142f6

#f65742

#87f642

Shades

Color #42e1f6 mixed toward black.

#10d9f4

#09b1c7

#078495

#055863

#022c32

Tints

Color #42e1f6 mixed toward white.

#62e6f7

#81ebf9

#a1f0fa

#c0f5fc

#e0fafd

Tones

Color #42e1f6 mixed toward gray.

#51d6e7

#60cad8

#6fbfc9

#7eb3ba

#8da8ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a2f1 · ΔE 31.3

Deuteranopia

#998cf0 · ΔE 35.7

Tritanopia

#54edec · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#cecece · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42e1f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42e1f6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#42e1f6 (#42e1f6) is rgb(66, 225, 246) in RGB.

No, #42e1f6 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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