#040C0C#040C0C

#040C0C is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.003; OKLCH L 14.5% C 0.014 H 195.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040C0C
RGB	rgb(4, 12, 12)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 3%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 5%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 0%, 95.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(2.85, -2.12, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(2.85, 2.25, 199.39°)
OKLab	oklab(14.49% -0.0139 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(14.49% 0.014 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.2479, 0.3153, 0.3955)
Luminance	0.0032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040C0C #0C0404

analogous

#040C08 #040C0C #04080C

triadic

#040C0C #0C040C #0C0C04

tetradic

#040C0C #08040C #0C0404 #080C04

square

#040C0C #08040C #0C0404 #080C04

split-complementary

#040C0C #0C0408 #0C0804

monochromatic

#081717 #081717 #081717 #133A3A #236868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.76

#040C0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.06

#040C0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040C0C

19.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040C0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040C0C	1.00	19.76	1.06	19.76
#FFFFFF	19.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B0B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#090A0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#020D0C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0A0A0A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040c0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 12, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(14.5% 0.014 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#484c4c',
    500: '#040c0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040c0c;
$custom-light: #484c4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040c0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 3.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.14494,
    "c": 0.01446,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040C0C

secondary

#492323

accent

#4E4EDA

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E6E7E7

border

#C2C3C3

text

#000101

muted

#777777

Preview Lab

Preview with #040C0C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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