Information about #42466F color

#42466F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#42466F falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 70, 111) — 25.9% red, 27.5% green, 43.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 16 / 0 / 56. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #42466F reads as a moderately toned deep-sea blue and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Corn Flower Blue (#42426F). Slightly further away sit Wave Rider (#413F6E) and Pastel Dark Blue (#3D426B).

In RGB terms — rgb(66, 70, 111) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42466F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#42466F color variations

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

#42466F 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 #42466F

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

Wave Rider color link
Wave Rider

#413F6E

Night Moves color link
Night Moves

#454C73

Port Gore color link
Port Gore

#3B436C

Quayside color link
Quayside

#424F71

Takaka color link
Takaka

#3D4D78

East Bay color link
East Bay

#47526E

Magik color link
Magik

#3E4C7A

Digital Blue color link
Digital Blue

#3E4163

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#42466F
  • RGB66, 70, 111
  • CMYK18, 16, 0, 56
  • CSSrgb(66, 70, 111)
  • HSL235°, 25%, 35%
  • HSL Precise234.667°, 25.424%, 34.706%
  • HSV235°, 41%, 44%
  • HSB235°, 41%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.275
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.435
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.275, 0.435)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.275, 0.435, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.275, 0.435)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.5%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID42466F
  • DECIMAL ID4343407
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01