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Information about #02042E color

#02042E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#02042E falls into the Blue Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(2, 4, 46) — 0.8% red, 1.6% green, 18% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 16 / 0 / 82. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #02042E reads as a maximally vivid blue and sits very close to black. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Navy Blue (#00022E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are DeGrate Blue (#00002B) and Very Dark Blue (#000133).

In RGB terms — rgb(2, 4, 46) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #02042E: 19.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.1:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:82) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #02042E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#02042E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#02042E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #02042E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#02042E
  • RGB2, 4, 46
  • CMYK17, 16, 0, 82
  • CSSrgb(2, 4, 46)
  • HSL237°, 92%, 9%
  • HSL Precise237.273°, 91.667%, 9.412%
  • HSV237°, 96%, 18%
  • HSB237°, 96%, 18%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.008
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.016
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.180
  • GLSLvec3(0.008, 0.016, 0.180)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.008, 0.016, 0.180, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.008, 0.016, 0.180)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB1.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB18%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Dark
  • HEX ID02042E
  • DECIMAL ID132142
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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