Information about Colin's Blue color
Basic facts about this digital color
#042069 presents itself as a maximally vivid azure — one that carries a shadowy depth. In practice it works well for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Union Jack Blue (#012169). Nearby in the Register you will also find Deep Sapphire (#082567) and Rich Deep Blue (#0B2275).
In RGB terms — rgb(4, 32, 105) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #042069 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 14.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.4:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Colin's Blue" in the Register.
Colin's Blue color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Colin's Blue color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Colin's Blue color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Colin's Blue color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Colin's Blue color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Colin's Blue 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 Colin's Blue color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Colin's Blue
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#012169
#082567
#0B2275
#011F5B
#00205B
#002D62
#002E63
#002378
#002D72
#002159
#072C5E
#042E60
Colin's Blue color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#042069
- RGB4, 32, 105
- CMYK40, 29, 0, 59
- CSSrgb(4, 32, 105)
- HSL223°, 93%, 21%
- HSL Precise223.366°, 92.661%, 21.373%
- HSV223°, 96%, 41%
- HSB223°, 96%, 41%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.016
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.125
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.412
- GLSLvec3(0.016, 0.125, 0.412)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.016, 0.125, 0.412, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.016, 0.125, 0.412)
- Percentage of Red in RGB1.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB12.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB41.2%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID042069
- DECIMAL ID270441
- Name Length12
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- Counting from2025-01-01
