Information about #42668E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A mildly saturated azure, #42668E carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 almost identical to Queen Blue (#436B95). Slightly further away sit Wavelength (#3C6886) and Dusky Blue (#475F94).
In RGB terms — rgb(66, 102, 142) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #42668E: 6.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. No one has named #42668E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#42668E color variations
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#42668E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#42668E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#42668E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42668E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#42668E 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #42668E color
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Nearest named colors to #42668E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#436B95
#3C6886
#475F94
#4C6B88
#3D7188
#4F698B
#355D90
#42639F
#31668A
#536893
#44798E
#4E6E81
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42668E
- RGB66, 102, 142
- CMYK30, 16, 0, 44
- CSSrgb(66, 102, 142)
- HSL212°, 37%, 41%
- HSL Precise211.579°, 36.538%, 40.784%
- HSV212°, 54%, 56%
- HSB212°, 54%, 56%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.400
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.400, 0.557)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.400, 0.557, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.400, 0.557)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB40%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID42668E
- DECIMAL ID4351630
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
