Information about #424942 color

#424942 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#424942 falls into the Green Color Family — Desaturated, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 73, 66) — 25.9% red, 28.6% green, 25.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 3 / 0 / 3 / 71. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #424942 reads as a softly muted neutral grey 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 Trainspotter (#44493F). Slightly further away sit Tuatara (#454642) and Middle Earth (#434E43).

The recipe behind #424942 is rgb(66, 73, 66), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #424942: 9.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:71), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#424942 color variations

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

#424942 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#424942 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#424942 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Nickel

#727472
Grey

#808080

#424942 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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#424942 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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#484145
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#454148
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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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#414148
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#484141
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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 #424942

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

Trainspotter color link
Trainspotter

#44493F

Tuatara color link
Tuatara

#454642

Middle Earth color link
Middle Earth

#434E43

Heavy Metal color link
Heavy Metal

#46473E

Canyon color link
Canyon

#434E46

Half Nocturnal color link
Half Nocturnal

#434345

Mica color link
Mica

#3C4543

Armadillo color link
Armadillo

#484A46

Windswept color link
Windswept

#434141

Mangrove color link
Mangrove

#484E45

Relic color link
Relic

#4B4842

Gravel color link
Gravel

#4A4B46

#424942 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#424942
  • RGB66, 73, 66
  • CMYK3, 0, 3, 71
  • CSSrgb(66, 73, 66)
  • HSL120°, 5%, 27%
  • HSL Precise120°, 5.036%, 27.255%
  • HSV120°, 10%, 29%
  • HSB120°, 10%, 29%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.286, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.286, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.286, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyGreen
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID424942
  • DECIMAL ID4344130
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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