Information about #100942 color

#100942 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #100942 belongs to the Blue Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Dark brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(16, 9, 66) — 6.3% red, 3.5% green, 25.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 20 / 22 / 0 / 74. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #100942 reads as a strongly colored classic blue and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Deep Cove (#051040). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Tolopea (#1B0245) and Hollow Purple (#1C0245).

The recipe behind #100942 is rgb(16, 9, 66), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #100942 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 18.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.1:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:74), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. No one has named #100942 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#100942 color variations

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

#100942 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 #100942

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

Deep Cove color link
Deep Cove

#051040

Tolopea color link
Tolopea

#1B0245

Night Blue color link
Night Blue

#040348

BMA Blue color link
BMA Blue

#00113F

Tangaroa color link
Tangaroa

#03163C

Navy color link
Navy

#01153E

Dark Indigo color link
Dark Indigo

#1F0954

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#100942
  • RGB16, 9, 66
  • CMYK20, 22, 0, 74
  • CSSrgb(16, 9, 66)
  • HSL247°, 76%, 15%
  • HSL Precise247.368°, 76%, 14.706%
  • HSV247°, 86%, 26%
  • HSB247°, 86%, 26%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.063
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.035
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.063, 0.035, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.063, 0.035, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.063, 0.035, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB6.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB3.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID100942
  • DECIMAL ID1050946
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01