Information about #42682B color

#42682B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#42682B falls into the Chartreuse Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 104, 43) — 25.9% red, 40.8% green, 16.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 15 / 0 / 24 / 59. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #42682B reads as a pleasantly vivid yellow-green 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 High Country (#406326). Slightly further away sit Evan Anderson (#455E28) and Green House (#3E6334).

The recipe behind #42682B is rgb(66, 104, 43), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #42682B: 6.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.2:1 for black. No one has named #42682B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#42682B color variations

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

#42682B 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 #42682B

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#42682B
  • RGB66, 104, 43
  • CMYK15, 0, 24, 59
  • CSSrgb(66, 104, 43)
  • HSL97°, 41%, 29%
  • HSL Precise97.377°, 41.497%, 28.824%
  • HSV97°, 59%, 41%
  • HSB97°, 59%, 41%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.169
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.408, 0.169)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.408, 0.169, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.408, 0.169)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB16.9%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID42682B
  • DECIMAL ID4352043
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01