Information about #42A08A color
Basic facts about this digital color
A confidently colored cyan, #42A08A feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Landmark (#3E9889). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Gossamer (#399F86) and Zomp (#39A78E).
In RGB terms — rgb(66, 160, 138) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #42A08A: 6.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #42A08A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#42A08A color variations
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#42A08A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#42A08A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#42A08A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#42A08A color hues
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#42A08A 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 #42A08A color
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Nearest named colors to #42A08A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#3E9889
#399F86
#39A78E
#3C9992
#4AA885
#4AA891
#489084
#408F90
#4C9085
#3EB489
#4AA879
#4F9292
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#42A08A
- RGB66, 160, 138
- CMYK37, 0, 9, 37
- CSSrgb(66, 160, 138)
- HSL166°, 42%, 44%
- HSL Precise165.957°, 41.593%, 44.314%
- HSV166°, 59%, 63%
- HSB166°, 59%, 63%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.627
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.541
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.627, 0.541)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.627, 0.541, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.627, 0.541)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB62.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB54.1%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID42A08A
- DECIMAL ID4366474
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
