Information about #42102E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored pink-red rose, #42102E leans clearly toward the dark side. 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 practically indistinguishable from Blackberry (#43182F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Aubergine (#3D0734) and Chocolate Kisses (#3C1421).
The recipe behind #42102E is rgb(66, 16, 46), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #42102E background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 15.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.3:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:74), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. No one has named #42102E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#42102E color variations
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#42102E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#42102E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#42102E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42102E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#42102E 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #42102E color
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Nearest named colors to #42102E
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42102E
- RGB66, 16, 46
- CMYK0, 20, 8, 74
- CSSrgb(66, 16, 46)
- HSL324°, 61%, 16%
- HSL Precise324°, 60.976%, 16.078%
- HSV324°, 76%, 26%
- HSB324°, 76%, 26%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.063
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.180
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.063, 0.180)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.063, 0.180, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.063, 0.180)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB6.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB18%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID42102E
- DECIMAL ID4329518
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
