#042236#042236

#042236 is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.052 H 242.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042236
RGB	rgb(4, 34, 54)
HSL	hsl(204, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(204, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.6%, 37%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.20, -2.34, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.20, 16.33, 261.78°)
OKLab	oklab(24.17% -0.0242 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(24.17% 0.052 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2877, 1.4360, 3.6986)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042236 #361804

analogous

#043631 #042236 #040936

triadic

#042236 #360422 #223604

tetradic

#042236 #310436 #361804 #093604

square

#042236 #310436 #361804 #093604

split-complementary

#042236 #360409 #363104

monochromatic

#02121C #02121C #042236 #08466F #0C6AA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.31

#042236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#042236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042236

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042236	1.00	16.31	1.29	16.31
#FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#192237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002729

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 34, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.052 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d5c6d',
    500: '#042236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042236;
$custom-light: #4d5c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24173,
    "c": 0.05185,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042236

secondary

#78421E

accent

#7F2BFC

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020407

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042236

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

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