Information about #42474D color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#42474D falls into the Azure Color Family — Desaturated, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 71, 77) — 25.9% red, 27.8% green, 30.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 4 / 2 / 0 / 70. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #42474D reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 Metallic Gunmetal (#41474E). Slightly further away sit Mollusc (#43464B) and Outer Space (#414A4C).

The recipe behind #42474D is rgb(66, 71, 77), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #42474D: 9.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:70) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#42474D color variations

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

#42474D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#42474D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#42474D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#42474D color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#42474D 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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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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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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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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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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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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Nearest named colors to #42474D

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

Metallic Gunmetal color link
Metallic Gunmetal

#41474E

Mollusc color link
Mollusc

#43464B

Outer Space color link
Outer Space

#414A4C

Tuna color link
Tuna

#46494E

Skywater color link
Skywater

#404653

Volcanic Ash color link
Volcanic Ash

#484849

Mako color link
Mako

#444954

Soft Charcoal color link
Soft Charcoal

#3E414A

Arsenic color link
Arsenic

#3B444B

Rhino color link
Rhino

#3D4653

Warlord color link
Warlord

#45404F

Atomic color link
Atomic

#3D4B52

#42474D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#42474D
  • RGB66, 71, 77
  • CMYK4, 2, 0, 70
  • CSSrgb(66, 71, 77)
  • HSL213°, 8%, 28%
  • HSL Precise212.727°, 7.692%, 28.039%
  • HSV213°, 14%, 30%
  • HSB213°, 14%, 30%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.302
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.278, 0.302)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.278, 0.302, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.278, 0.302)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB30.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID42474D
  • DECIMAL ID4343629
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers30 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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