#042046

Color #042046

A vivid, highly saturated very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 26.48 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#042046

RGB

rgb(4, 32, 70)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 89.2%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 94.3%, 27.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(94.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 72.5%)

LAB

lab(12.61, 6.7, -26.75)

LCH

lch(12.61, 27.58, 284.06)

OKLCH

oklch(24.9%, 0.079, 257.12)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 1.6%, 72.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#462a04

Analogous

#044146

#042046

#090446

Triadic

#042046

#460420

#204604

Split-complementary

#042046

#460904

#414604

Tetradic

#042046

#2a0446

#462a04

#204604

Square

#042046

#460441

#462a04

#044609

Shades

Color #042046 mixed toward black.

#031b3a

#03152f

#021023

#010b17

#01050c

Tints

Color #042046 mixed toward white.

#08408b

#0c5fcf

#3183f3

#75adf7

#bad6fb

Tones

Color #042046 mixed toward gray.

#092140

#0f223b

#142335

#1a2330

#1f242a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.3:1

White text reads better on this background (16.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#14143f · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#12103d · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#063938 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#212121 · ΔE 17.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #042046;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#042046]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#042046 (#042046) is rgb(4, 32, 70) in RGB.

No, #042046 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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