Information about #426C66 color

#426C66 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #426C66 belongs to the Cyan Color Family, featuring Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(66, 108, 102) — 25.9% red, 42.4% green, 40% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 16 / 0 / 2 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #426C66 reads as a gently muted aqua cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 just a few steps away from Tax Break (#496569). Slightly further away sit Smalt Blue (#496267) and Deep Space Sparkle (#4A646C).

The recipe behind #426C66 is rgb(66, 108, 102), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #426C66: 5.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for black. No one has named #426C66 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#426C66 color variations

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

#426C66 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 #426C66

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

Tax Break color link
Tax Break

#496569

Smalt Blue color link
Smalt Blue

#496267

Odyssey color link
Odyssey

#4F6D69

Stormcloud color link
Stormcloud

#4F666A

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Stromboli color link
Stromboli

#406356

Como color link
Como

#4C785C

Snapshot color link
Snapshot

#505F67

Boomtown color link
Boomtown

#346672

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#426C66
  • RGB66, 108, 102
  • CMYK16, 0, 2, 58
  • CSSrgb(66, 108, 102)
  • HSL171°, 24%, 34%
  • HSL Precise171.429°, 24.138%, 34.118%
  • HSV171°, 39%, 42%
  • HSB171°, 39%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.424, 0.400)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.424, 0.400, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.424, 0.400)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID426C66
  • DECIMAL ID4353126
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01