Information about #42842A color
Basic facts about this digital color
#42842A presents itself as a confidently colored chartreuse — one that holds a balanced mid-tone. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from La Palma (#428929). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bilbao (#3E8027) and John Deere Green (#367C2B).
In RGB terms — rgb(66, 132, 42) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #42842A: 4.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.6:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42842A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#42842A color variations
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#42842A color tints
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#42842A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#42842A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42842A color hues
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#42842A 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 #42842A color
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Nearest named colors to #42842A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#428929
#3E8027
#367C2B
#3E762D
#507D2A
#368136
#437C17
#427120
#4C721D
#347235
#2F7532
#3C8043
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42842A
- RGB66, 132, 42
- CMYK26, 0, 35, 48
- CSSrgb(66, 132, 42)
- HSL104°, 52%, 34%
- HSL Precise104°, 51.724%, 34.118%
- HSV104°, 68%, 52%
- HSB104°, 68%, 52%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.518
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.165
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.518, 0.165)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.518, 0.165, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.518, 0.165)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB51.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB16.5%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID42842A
- DECIMAL ID4359210
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers27 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
