Information about #42708A color
Basic facts about this digital color
#42708A presents itself as a softly balanced azure — one that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Calypso (#3D7188). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Jelly Bean Blue (#44798E) and Wavelength (#3C6886).
In RGB terms — rgb(66, 112, 138) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #42708A: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42708A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#42708A color variations
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#42708A color tints
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#42708A color shades
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#42708A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42708A color hues
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#42708A 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 #42708A color
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Nearest named colors to #42708A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#3D7188
#44798E
#3C6886
#48798A
#4C6B88
#436B95
#367588
#4F698B
#4E6E81
#486C7A
#4C787E
#317589
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42708A
- RGB66, 112, 138
- CMYK28, 10, 0, 46
- CSSrgb(66, 112, 138)
- HSL202°, 35%, 40%
- HSL Precise201.667°, 35.294%, 40%
- HSV202°, 52%, 54%
- HSB202°, 52%, 54%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.439
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.541
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.439, 0.541)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.439, 0.541, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.439, 0.541)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB54.1%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID42708A
- DECIMAL ID4354186
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
