All About Color #000042

#000042

About #000042

#000042 is a very dark blue color with the hex code #000042. In RGB it is red 0, green 0, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 240°, saturation 100%, lightness 13%; in CMYK it is 100%, 100%, 0%, 74%. Its contrast ratio is 19.47:1 on white and 1.08:1 on black.

#000042 Color Conversion

Hex triplet00, 00, 42
CMYK100.00%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 74.12%
RGB Decimal0, 0, 66
HSL240°, 100%, 13%
RGB Octal0, 0, 102
HSV (HSB)240.00°, 100.00%, 25.88%
RGB Binary0, 0, 1000010
CIE-L*AB3.55, 24.67, -38.75
RGB Percent0.00%, 0.00%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH3.55, 45.94, 302.48
XYZ0.98, 0.39, 5.18
CIE-L*UV3.55, -1.03, -14.34
xyY0.15, 0.06, 0.39
Hunter-Lab6.27, 17.01, -44.56
RYB0.00%, 0.00%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#000042 on a dark background: contrast 1.08:1, fails WCAG AA.
#000042 on a light background: contrast 19.47:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #000042, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #000042. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#000042 · #00009E · #00001A · #424200 · #9E9E00

Analogous palette

#004242 · #002142 · #000042 · #210042 · #420042

Triadic palette

#000042 · #420000 · #004200 · #00009E · #9E0000

Tetradic palette

#000042 · #420021 · #424200 · #004221 · #00001A

Monochromatic palette

#00001A · #00001A · #000042 · #00008F · #0000DB

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