Information about #42495B color
Basic facts about this digital color
#42495B presents itself as a gently muted azure — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Grayish Sapphire Blue (#424859). Slightly further away sit Frances Navy (#42485F) and Dark Grayish Azure (#424E59).
In RGB terms — rgb(66, 73, 91) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.3:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:64), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. #42495B has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#42495B color variations
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#42495B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#42495B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#42495B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42495B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#42495B 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 #42495B color
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Nearest named colors to #42495B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#424859
#42485F
#424E59
#424259
#444954
#40505A
#484558
#3A4859
#41415D
#3B4C57
#414E54
#404653
#42495B color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42495B
- RGB66, 73, 91
- CMYK10, 7, 0, 64
- CSSrgb(66, 73, 91)
- HSL223°, 16%, 31%
- HSL Precise223.2°, 15.924%, 30.784%
- HSV223°, 27%, 36%
- HSB223°, 27%, 36%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.357
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.286, 0.357)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.286, 0.357, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.286, 0.357)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB35.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID42495B
- DECIMAL ID4344155
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
