#042336#042336

#042336 is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.051 H 240.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042336
RGB	rgb(4, 35, 54)
HSL	hsl(203, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(203, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.6%, 35.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.57, -3.06, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.57, 15.87, 258.87°)
OKLab	oklab(24.47% -0.0253 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(24.47% 0.051 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3167, 1.4941, 3.7083)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042336 #361704

analogous

#043630 #042336 #040A36

triadic

#042336 #360423 #233604

tetradic

#042336 #300436 #361704 #0A3604

square

#042336 #300436 #361704 #0A3604

split-complementary

#042336 #36040A #363004

monochromatic

#02121C #02121C #042336 #08486F #0C6DA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.17

#042336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#042336 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042336

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042336	1.00	16.17	1.30	16.17
#FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00282A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 35, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.051 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d5d6d',
    500: '#042336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042336;
$custom-light: #4d5d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2447,
    "c": 0.05087,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042336

secondary

#78401E

accent

#7B2BFC

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020407

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042336

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

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