#042A36#042A36

#042A36 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.046 H 223.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042A36
RGB	rgb(4, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(194, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(194, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.21, -7.91, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.21, 13.92, 235.36°)
OKLab	oklab(26.58% -0.0334 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(26.58% 0.046 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.5436, 1.9479, 3.7839)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042A36 #361004

analogous

#043629 #042A36 #041136

triadic

#042A36 #36042A #2A3604

tetradic

#042A36 #290436 #361004 #113604

square

#042A36 #290436 #361004 #113604

split-complementary

#042A36 #360411 #362904

monochromatic

#02161C #02161C #042A36 #08566F #0C83A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.11

#042A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#042A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042A36

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042A36	1.00	15.11	1.39	15.11
#FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.046 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e636d',
    500: '#042a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042a36;
$custom-light: #4e636d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26577,
    "c": 0.04633,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042A36

secondary

#78331E

accent

#5E2BFC

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7EAEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#020507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042A36

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

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