Information about #042A5C color
Basic facts about this digital color
#042A5C presents itself as a intensely saturated azure — one that carries a shadowy depth. It is a natural fit for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to FRIDGEIT BLUE (#072C5E). Nearby in the Register you will also find Marine (#042E60) and Deep Azure (#002D59).
In RGB terms — rgb(4, 42, 92) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #042A5C background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 14.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.5:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:64), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #042A5C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#042A5C color variations
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#042A5C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#042A5C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#042A5C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#042A5C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#042A5C 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 #042A5C color
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Nearest named colors to #042A5C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#072C5E
#042E60
#002D59
#002D62
#002E63
#032B52
#002159
#00205B
#092256
#011F5B
#003153
#082567
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#042A5C
- RGB4, 42, 92
- CMYK35, 20, 0, 64
- CSSrgb(4, 42, 92)
- HSL214°, 92%, 19%
- HSL Precise214.091°, 91.667%, 18.824%
- HSV214°, 96%, 36%
- HSB214°, 96%, 36%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.016
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.165
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.361
- GLSLvec3(0.016, 0.165, 0.361)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.016, 0.165, 0.361, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.016, 0.165, 0.361)
- Percentage of Red in RGB1.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB16.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB36.1%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID042A5C
- DECIMAL ID272988
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
