Marine Color
Marine is a blue color with hex code #042E60. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with marine, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Marine Color Values
What Does Marine Mean?
Marine belongs to the blue family of colors. Blue wins popularity surveys in every culture that runs them, and corporate design reflects it. Trust and stability are the usual words people reach for. Dark navies project authority, pale blues open a layout up, and almost nothing clashes with it. Being on the dark side, Marine adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Marine is classified as a blue (nearest centroid: deep purplish blue, #272458).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Marine
Marine and #623804 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #045D62 and #090462, which sit beside marine on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair marine with triadic partners #62042E and #2E6204. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Biscay —
#1B3162(Delta E 3) - Marine Blue —
#01386A(Delta E 5) - Licorice —
#092256(Delta E 7) - Madison —
#09255D(Delta E 7) - Green Vogue —
#032B52(Delta E 8)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #042E60; }
.background { background-color: #042E60; }
.border { border: 2px solid #042E60; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #042E6040; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for marine?
Marine has the hex code #042E60. In RGB notation it is rgb(4, 46, 96), in HSL it is hsl(213, 92%, 20%), and its OKLCH value is 0.307, 0.099, 256.2.
What does the color marine mean?
Blue-family colors like marine carry distinct psychological associations. Marine belongs to the blue family of colors. Blue wins popularity surveys in every culture that runs them, and corporate design reflects it. Trust and stability are the usual words people reach for. Dark navies project authority, pale blues open a layout up, and almost nothing clashes with it. Being on the dark side, Marine adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with marine?
Marine has three easy routes: its complement #623804 for punch, its neighbors #045D62 and #090462 for something calmer, or triadic partners #62042E and #2E6204 when you want energy.
Is marine a standard web color?
No — Marine is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #042E60 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make marine lighter or darker?
To lighten marine, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #BFDBFC (lightest tint) to #01070F (darkest shade).
About Marine
Marine is classified as a Blue in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Blue hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #042E60 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.