What is hex #42EACC color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 26% red, 92% green and 80% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (66,234,204).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (72%, 0%, 13%, 8%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #42EACC features a hue of 169°, 72% saturation, and a brightness value of 92%.

Hex #42EACC Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #42EACC
RGB Values (66,234,204)
CMYK Values (72%, 0%, 13%, 8%)
HSV/HSB Values (169°, 72%, 92%)
Closest Web Safe
#33FFCC
Inverse Color
#BD1533
Closest Pantone®
333 C
Closest RAL
RAL 6027 [Light green]
Complementary Color
#EA4260

#42EACC Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#A8A8A8
Lightness (Desaturation)
#969696
Weighted (BT601)
#B4B4B4
Luma (BT709)
#C4C4C4

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #42EACC complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #42EACC

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #42EACC.

Contrast Ratio: 1.51:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #42EACC

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #42EACC.

Contrast Ratio: 13.87:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #42EACC Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #42EACC is #EA4260. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #42EACC you will find #EA4260. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#42EACC #EA4260

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #42EACC is composed with colors #42EA78 and #42B4EA. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #42EACC with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#42EA78 #42EACC #42B4EA

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #42EACC is composed with colors #EA7842 and #EA42B4. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#42EACC #EA7842 #EA42B4

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #42EACC is composed with colors #EACC42 and #CC42EA. They are located to the right and left of your main color #42EACC with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#42EACC #EACC42 #CC42EA

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #42EACC is composed with colors #CC42EA, #EA4260 and #60EA42 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#42EACC #CC42EA #EA4260 #60EA42

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #42EACC is composed with colors #7842EA, #EA4260 and #B4EA42 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#42EACC #7842EA #EA4260 #B4EA42

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #42EACC

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #42EACC.

#42EACC #54ECD0 #66EED5 #79F0DA #8BF2DF #9DF4E4 #B0F6E9 #C2F8EE

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#42EACC #4CDFC5 #56D5BE #60CBB8 #6BC0B1 #75B6AA #7FACA4 #8AA19D

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#42EACC #2FE7C7 #1DE5C2 #17D6B4 #15C4A5 #13B295 #119F86 #0F8D77

Hex #42EACC in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #42EACC
Java new Color(66,234,204);
Python Color(#42EACC)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 66,234,204);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.26, green: 0.92, blue: 0.8, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(66, 234, 204)