#042809#042809

#042809 is a very dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.068 H 145.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042809
RGB	rgb(4, 40, 9)
HSL	hsl(128, 82%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(128, 90%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(90%, 0%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.00, -20.90, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.00, 25.76, 144.24°)
OKLab	oklab(24.31% -0.0564 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(24.31% 0.068 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.8581, 1.5630, 0.5149)
Luminance	0.0156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042809 #280423

analogous

#112804 #042809 #04281B

triadic

#042809 #090428 #280904

tetradic

#042809 #041128 #280423 #281B04

square

#042809 #041128 #280423 #281B04

split-complementary

#042809 #1B0428 #280411

monochromatic

#031C06 #031C06 #042809 #0A6016 #0F9722

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.00

#042809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#042809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042809

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042809	1.00	16.00	1.31	16.00
#FFFFFF	16.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25200C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 40, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.068 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#49624b',
    500: '#042809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042809;
$custom-light: #49624b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2431,
    "c": 0.06829,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042809

secondary

#6B1D60

accent

#30DCF8

background

#F4F5F4

surface

#E7EAE7

border

#C3C6C3

text

#010501

muted

#777977

Preview Lab

Preview with #042809

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

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