#42425a

Color #42425a

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class gray-700 #364153 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#42425a

RGB

rgb(66, 66, 90)

HSL

hsl(240, 15.4%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 26.7%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(28.88, 6.06, -14.24)

LCH

lch(28.88, 15.48, 293.05)

OKLCH

oklch(38.9%, 0.0405, 284.31)

HWB

hwb(240, 25.9%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5a42

Analogous

#424e5a

#42425a

#4e425a

Triadic

#42425a

#5a4242

#425a42

Split-complementary

#42425a

#5a4e42

#4e5a42

Tetradic

#42425a

#5a425a

#5a5a42

#425a42

Square

#42425a

#5a424e

#5a5a42

#425a4e

Shades

Color #42425a mixed toward black.

#37374b

#2c2c3c

#21212d

#16161e

#0b0b0f

Tints

Color #42425a mixed toward white.

#5b5b7c

#77779b

#9999b4

#bbbbcd

#dddde6

Tones

Color #42425a mixed toward gray.

#444458

#464656

#484854

#4a4a52

#4c4c50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.16:1

White text reads better on this background (9.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#424255 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#424254 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#425150 · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42425a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42425a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#42425a (#42425a) is rgb(66, 66, 90) in RGB.

No, #42425a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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