#042B26#042B26

#042B26 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.043 H 182.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042B26
RGB	rgb(4, 43, 38)
HSL	hsl(172, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(172, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.7%, 0%, 11.6%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.92, -14.82, -0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.92, 14.83, 182.33°)
OKLab	oklab(26.11% -0.0432 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(26.11% 0.043 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.2636, 1.8934, 2.1322)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042B26 #2B0409

analogous

#042B13 #042B26 #041D2B

triadic

#042B26 #26042B #2B2604

tetradic

#042B26 #13042B #2B0409 #1D2B04

square

#042B26 #13042B #2B0409 #1D2B04

split-complementary

#042B26 #2B041D #2B1304

monochromatic

#031C19 #031C19 #042B26 #096357 #0E9B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.23

#042B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#042B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042B26

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042B26	1.00	15.23	1.38	15.23
#FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 43, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.043 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b6460',
    500: '#042b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042b26;
$custom-light: #4b6460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26114,
    "c": 0.04329,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042B26

secondary

#6E1D27

accent

#2E48F9

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010504

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042B26

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

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