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Recognised as Colour

#42BAD7

  • #42BAD7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#42BAD7 is a cyan with RGB values 66, 186, 215 and HSL 192°, 65%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#42BAD7#42BAD7
HEX#42BAD7
RGBrgb(66, 186, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.7294, 0.8431
RGB percentages25.9%, 72.9%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(191.7, 65.1%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.7, 69.3%, 84.3%)
CMYK69.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,373,207
CSS custom property--colour: #42BAD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#BD4528

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B5D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#92A5D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 20Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D75F42
Analogous#42D7A9, #4270D7
Triadic#D742BA, #BAD742
Split complementary#D74270, #D7A942
Tetradic#A942D7, #D75F42, #70D742

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAF7FB
Lighter +30%#C0E8F2
Lighter +20%#96D9E9
Lighter +10%#6CC9E0
Darker −10%#28A1BE
Darker −20%#1F7D94
Darker −30%#16596A
Darker −40%#0D3640
More saturated +25%#25CBF4
Less saturated −25%#5FA9BA

Channel breakdown

R66
G186
B215
Red66 (25.9%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue191.68°
Saturation (HSL)65.07%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 42 · G BA · B D7

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