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Colour

#42BEBF

  • #42BEBF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#42BEBF is a cyan with RGB values 66, 190, 191 and HSL 180°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#42BEBF#42BEBF
HEX#42BEBF
RGBrgb(66, 190, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.7451, 0.749
RGB percentages25.9%, 74.5%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(180.5, 49.4%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.5, 65.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK65.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,374,207
CSS custom property--colour: #42BEBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#BD4140

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B5BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA7C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.9Light seagreen · ΔE 7.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.9Turquoise · ΔE 16.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Dark cyan · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF4342
Analogous#42BF82, #427FBF
Triadic#BF42BE, #BEBF42
Split complementary#BF4280, #BF8242
Tetradic#8242BF, #BF4342, #7FBF42

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAF2F3
Lighter +30%#B4E5E6
Lighter +20%#8ED8D9
Lighter +10%#68CBCC
Darker −10%#34999A
Darker −20%#277374
Darker −30%#1A4D4E
Darker −40%#0D2728
More saturated +25%#22DDDF
Less saturated −25%#629F9F

Channel breakdown

R66
G190
B191
Red66 (25.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue180.48°
Saturation (HSL)49.41%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 42 · G BE · B BF

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