#42A0E9

A medium, vivid blue closely aligning with Cornflowerblue.

About #42A0E9

When working with digital screens, the color #42A0E9 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Cornflowerblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 66, 160, and 233.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 72% cyan and 31% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 206.2° hue, 79.1% saturation, and 58.6% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42A0E9
RGB66, 160, 233
HSL206.2°, 79.1%, 58.6%
CMYK72%, 31%, 0%, 9%
HSV206.2°, 71.7%, 91.4%
LAB63.5, -4.0, -44.7
XYZ29.5, 32.2, 81.7
Decimal4366569

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.82:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.44:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.70:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.32:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42A0E9; }
.text-color { color: #42A0E9; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #42A0E9; }

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