Information about #42B4E0 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #42B4E0 reads as a strongly colored sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Picton Blue (#45B1E8). Slightly further away sit Summer Sky (#38B0DE) and Brilliant Cornflower Blue (#51AFE7).
The recipe behind #42B4E0 is rgb(66, 180, 224), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42B4E0 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#42B4E0 color variations
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#42B4E0 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#42B4E0 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#42B4E0 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42B4E0 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#42B4E0 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 #42B4E0 color
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Nearest named colors to #42B4E0
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#45B1E8
#38B0DE
#51AFE7
#34B6EA
#38ACEC
#3FB8F1
#51C2E7
#47ABCC
#48CAE4
#4DB1C8
#4BC7CF
#43BFC7
#42B4E0 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42B4E0
- RGB66, 180, 224
- CMYK62, 17, 0, 12
- CSSrgb(66, 180, 224)
- HSL197°, 72%, 57%
- HSL Precise196.709°, 71.818%, 56.863%
- HSV197°, 71%, 88%
- HSB197°, 71%, 88%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.706
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.878
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.706, 0.878)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.706, 0.878, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.706, 0.878)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB70.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB87.8%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID42B4E0
- DECIMAL ID4371680
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
