HEX Color #42AFC5 (Cadetblue)

About #42AFC5

When working with digital screens, the color #42AFC5 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Cadetblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 66 red, 175 green, and 197 blue.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 66% cyan and 11% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 190.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42AFC5

RGB66, 175, 197

HSL190.1°, 53.0%, 51.6%

CMYK66%, 11%, 0%, 23%

HSV190.1°, 66.5%, 77.3%

LAB66.4, -23.9, -20.3

XYZ27.7, 35.8, 58.3

Decimal4370373

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42AFC5 #C45742

Analogous

#42C499 #426DC4

Triadic

#C442AF #AFC442

Tetradic

#9942C4 #C45742 #6DC442

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42AFC5

#57B7CB

#6CC0D1

#81C9D8

#96D2DE

#ABDBE5

#C0E4EB

#D5EDF2

#EAF6F8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42AFC5

#3A9BAF

#338899

#2C7483

#24616D

#1D4D57

#163A41

#0E262B

#071315

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.57:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.17:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.46:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.95:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42AFC5; }

.text-color { color: #42AFC5; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42AFC5; }

Similar Colors

Cadetblue

#5F9EA0