HEX Color #42E9F0 (Darkturquoise)

About #42E9F0

Visually, #42E9F0 is defined as a vivid cyan. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkturquoise. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 66, 233, and 240.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 72% Cyan, 3% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 6% Black. With a hue angle of 182.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42E9F0

RGB66, 233, 240

HSL182.4°, 85.3%, 60.0%

CMYK72%, 3%, 0%, 6%

HSV182.4°, 72.5%, 94.1%

LAB84.9, -39.0, -15.6

XYZ47.1, 65.7, 92.6

Decimal4385264

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#42E9F0 #F04841

Analogous

#41F0A0 #4192F0

Triadic

#F041E9 #E9F041

Tetradic

#9F41F0 #F04841 #92F041

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#42E9F0

#57EBF1

#6CEDF3

#81F0F5

#96F2F6

#ABF5F8

#C0F7FA

#D5FAFB

#EAFCFD

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#42E9F0

#3ACFD5

#33B5BA

#2C9BA0

#248185

#1D676A

#164D50

#0E3335

#07191A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.48:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

14.15:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.42:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

12.03:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42E9F0; }

.text-color { color: #42E9F0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #42E9F0; }

Similar Colors

Darkturquoise

#00CED1