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Colour

#42BEAB

  • #42BEAB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#42BEAB is a cyan with RGB values 66, 190, 171 and HSL 171°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#42BEAB#42BEAB
HEX#42BEAB
RGBrgb(66, 190, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.7451, 0.6706
RGB percentages25.9%, 74.5%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(170.8, 48.8%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 65.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK65.3%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,374,187
CSS custom property--colour: #42BEAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#BD4154

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B3AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A6ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.5Turquoise · ΔE 13Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2Dark cyan · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE4255
Analogous#42BE6D, #4293BE
Triadic#AB42BE, #BEAB42
Split complementary#BE4293, #BE6D42
Tetradic#6D42BE, #BE4255, #93BE42

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAF2EE
Lighter +30%#B4E5DE
Lighter +20%#8ED8CD
Lighter +10%#68CBBC
Darker −10%#349989
Darker −20%#277367
Darker −30%#1A4D45
Darker −40%#0D2723
More saturated +25%#22DEC1
Less saturated −25%#629E95

Channel breakdown

R66
G190
B171
Red66 (25.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue170.81°
Saturation (HSL)48.82%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 42 · G BE · B AB

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