Information about #42453C color

#42453C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#42453C falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Desaturated, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 69, 60) — 25.9% red, 27.1% green, 23.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 4 / 73. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #42453C reads as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone and holds a balanced mid-tone. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Heavy Metal (#46473E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half Ironsand (#43403C) and Trainspotter (#44493F).

The recipe behind #42453C is rgb(66, 69, 60), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #42453C: 9.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:73), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42453C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#42453C color variations

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

#42453C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#B4B7AD

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White

#FFFFFF

#42453C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#34362F

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#272823

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#1A1B17

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Black

#000000

#42453C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#4D5048

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#5A5C55

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#666863

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#737471

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Grey

#808080

#42453C color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#3B4440

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#44433B

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#44403B

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#443C3B

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#42453C 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
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#3E3B44
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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
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#433B44
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#3B3D44
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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
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#44433B
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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
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#3B4144
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#443B41
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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#3B443E
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#3E3B44
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#443B41
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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#3B4443
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#3E3B44
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#443B3D
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Nearest named colors to #42453C

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

Heavy Metal color link
Heavy Metal

#46473E

Half Ironsand color link
Half Ironsand

#43403C

Trainspotter color link
Trainspotter

#44493F

Double Masala color link
Double Masala

#454139

Tiri color link
Tiri

#46413E

Windswept color link
Windswept

#434141

Tuatara color link
Tuatara

#454642

Earth Black color link
Earth Black

#49433B

Gravity color link
Gravity

#3D4040

Rifle Green color link
Rifle Green

#444C38

Black Eel color link
Black Eel

#463E3F

Triple Masala color link
Triple Masala

#413E37

#42453C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#42453C
  • RGB66, 69, 60
  • CMYK1, 0, 4, 73
  • CSSrgb(66, 69, 60)
  • HSL80°, 7%, 25%
  • HSL Precise80°, 6.977%, 25.294%
  • HSV80°, 13%, 27%
  • HSB80°, 13%, 27%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.271
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.235
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.271, 0.235)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.271, 0.235, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.271, 0.235)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.5%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID42453C
  • DECIMAL ID4343100
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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