Information about #42546C color

#42546C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#42546C falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 84, 108) — 25.9% red, 32.9% green, 42.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 16 / 9 / 0 / 58. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #42546C reads as a gently muted sky-leaning azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from East Bay (#47526E). Slightly further away sit Dalek (#475769) and Quayside (#424F71).

The recipe behind #42546C is rgb(66, 84, 108), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.7:1. #42546C has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#42546C color variations

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

#42546C 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 #42546C

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

East Bay color link
East Bay

#47526E

Dalek color link
Dalek

#475769

Quayside color link
Quayside

#424F71

Independence color link
Independence

#4C516D

Night Moves color link
Night Moves

#454C73

San Juan color link
San Juan

#445761

Chambray color link
Chambray

#475877

Undercurrent color link
Undercurrent

#365C6C

Compass color link
Compass

#4B5761

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

Takaka color link
Takaka

#3D4D78

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#42546C
  • RGB66, 84, 108
  • CMYK16, 9, 0, 58
  • CSSrgb(66, 84, 108)
  • HSL214°, 24%, 34%
  • HSL Precise214.286°, 24.138%, 34.118%
  • HSV214°, 39%, 42%
  • HSB214°, 39%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.329
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.329, 0.424)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.329, 0.424, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.329, 0.424)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB32.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID42546C
  • DECIMAL ID4346988
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01