Information about #042953 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #042953 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Full Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(4, 41, 83) — 1.6% red, 16.1% green, 32.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 31 / 16 / 0 / 67. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A maximally vivid steel-blue azure, #042953 carries a shadowy depth. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Green Vogue (#032B52). Nearby in the Register you will also find Deep Azure (#002D59) and Brewers Blue (#0A2351).

The recipe behind #042953 is rgb(4, 41, 83), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #042953 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 14.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.4:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:67), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. #042953 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#042953 color variations

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#042953 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 #042953

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

Green Vogue color link
Green Vogue

#032B52

Deep Azure color link
Deep Azure

#002D59

Brewers Blue color link
Brewers Blue

#0A2351

Downriver color link
Downriver

#092256

Norway Blue color link
Norway Blue

#00205B

Penn Blue color link
Penn Blue

#011F5B

Marine color link
Marine

#042E60

Tobias Blue color link
Tobias Blue

#0C2C47

Oxford Blue color link
Oxford Blue

#002147

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#042953
  • RGB4, 41, 83
  • CMYK31, 16, 0, 67
  • CSSrgb(4, 41, 83)
  • HSL212°, 91%, 17%
  • HSL Precise211.899°, 90.805%, 17.059%
  • HSV212°, 95%, 33%
  • HSB212°, 95%, 33%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.016
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.161
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.325
  • GLSLvec3(0.016, 0.161, 0.325)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.016, 0.161, 0.325, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.016, 0.161, 0.325)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB1.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB16.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB32.5%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID042953
  • DECIMAL ID272723
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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