#042A29#042A29

#042A29 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 25.9% C 0.041 H 192.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042A29
RGB	rgb(4, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(178, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(178, 90%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.63, -13.14, -3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.63, 13.51, 193.47°)
OKLab	oklab(25.92% -0.0402 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(25.92% 0.041 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2781, 1.8417, 2.3855)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042A29 #2A0405

analogous

#042A16 #042A29 #04182A

triadic

#042A29 #29042A #2A2904

tetradic

#042A29 #16042A #2A0405 #182A04

square

#042A29 #16042A #2A0405 #182A04

split-complementary

#042A29 #2A0418 #2A1604

monochromatic

#031C1B #031C1B #042A29 #096260 #0F9A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.35

#042A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#042A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042A29

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042A29	1.00	15.35	1.37	15.35
#FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.9% 0.041 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b6362',
    500: '#042a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042a29;
$custom-light: #4b6362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25919,
    "c": 0.04118,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042A29

secondary

#6D1D1F

accent

#2F34F9

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7EAEA

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010505

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #042A29

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

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