#042A2E#042A2E

#042A2E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.041 H 205.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042A2E
RGB	rgb(4, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(186, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(186, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.84, -11.21, -6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.84, 12.90, 209.66°)
OKLab	oklab(26.15% -0.0374 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(26.15% 0.041 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3710, 1.8788, 2.8746)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042A2E #2E0804

analogous

#042E1D #042A2E #04152E

triadic

#042A2E #2E042A #2A2E04

tetradic

#042A2E #1D042E #2E0804 #152E04

square

#042A2E #1D042E #2E0804 #152E04

split-complementary

#042A2E #2E0415 #2E1D04

monochromatic

#021A1C #021A1C #042A2E #095D66 #0E919F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.26

#042A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#042A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042A2E

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042A2E	1.00	15.26	1.38	15.26
#FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26282E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20232E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.041 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6366',
    500: '#042a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042a2e;
$custom-light: #4c6366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26153,
    "c": 0.04144,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042A2E

secondary

#71251D

accent

#412EFA

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7EAEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010506

muted

#77797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042A2E

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

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