#42568e

Color #42568e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.96 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#42568e

RGB

rgb(66, 86, 142)

HSL

hsl(224.2, 36.5%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.2, 53.5%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.5%, 39.4%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(37.42, 9.32, -33.42)

LCH

lch(37.42, 34.7, 285.58)

OKLCH

oklch(46.4%, 0.0947, 267.76)

HWB

hwb(224.2, 25.9%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e7a42

Analogous

#427c8e

#42568e

#54428e

Triadic

#42568e

#8e4256

#568e42

Split-complementary

#42568e

#8e5442

#7c8e42

Tetradic

#42568e

#7a428e

#8e7a42

#568e42

Square

#42568e

#8e427c

#8e7a42

#428e54

Shades

Color #42568e mixed toward black.

#374876

#2c395f

#212b47

#161d2f

#0b0e18

Tints

Color #42568e mixed toward white.

#536baf

#7689bf

#98a6cf

#bac4df

#dde1ef

Tones

Color #42568e mixed toward gray.

#485988

#4f5c81

#555f7b

#5b6275

#62656e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.95:1

White text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4c83 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#4a4980 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#437a78 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 19.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #42568e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42568e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#42568e (#42568e) is rgb(66, 86, 142) in RGB.

No, #42568e 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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