Information about #42579C color

#42579C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#42579C falls into the Blue Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 87, 156) — 25.9% red, 34.1% green, 61.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 35 / 27 / 0 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #42579C reads as a confidently colored deep-sea blue and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Super Duper (#42639F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dusky Blue (#475F94) and Ebullient Blue (#36529A).

In RGB terms — rgb(66, 87, 156) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #42579C: 6.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42579C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#42579C color variations

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

#42579C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#42579C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#42579C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#42579C 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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#42579C 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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#42869E
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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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#589E42
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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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#429E5B
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Nearest named colors to #42579C

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

Super Duper color link
Super Duper

#42639F

Dusky Blue color link
Dusky Blue

#475F94

Ebullient Blue color link
Ebullient Blue

#36529A

Moderate Phthalo Blue color link
Moderate Phthalo Blue

#4A55A8

Governor Bay color link
Governor Bay

#51559B

Chinese Blue color link
Chinese Blue

#365194

Moderate Sapphire Blue color link
Moderate Sapphire Blue

#4A61A8

Filmpro Sky Blue color link
Filmpro Sky Blue

#355D90

Moderate Blue color link
Moderate Blue

#4A4AA8

Gypsy Queen color link
Gypsy Queen

#4E56AC

St Tropaz color link
St Tropaz

#2D569B

Queen Blue color link
Queen Blue

#436B95

#42579C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#42579C color image #42579C color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#42579C
  • RGB66, 87, 156
  • CMYK35, 27, 0, 39
  • CSSrgb(66, 87, 156)
  • HSL226°, 41%, 44%
  • HSL Precise226°, 40.541%, 43.529%
  • HSV226°, 58%, 61%
  • HSB226°, 58%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.341
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.341, 0.612)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.341, 0.612, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.341, 0.612)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.2%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID42579C
  • DECIMAL ID4347804
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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