#042B27#042B27

#042B27 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.043 H 184.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042B27
RGB	rgb(4, 43, 39)
HSL	hsl(174, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(174, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.7%, 0%, 9.3%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.95, -14.46, -1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.95, 14.51, 184.97°)
OKLab	oklab(26.15% -0.0427 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(26.15% 0.043 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2800, 1.8999, 2.2183)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042B27 #2B0408

analogous

#042B14 #042B27 #041C2B

triadic

#042B27 #27042B #2B2704

tetradic

#042B27 #14042B #2B0408 #1C2B04

square

#042B27 #14042B #2B0408 #1C2B04

split-complementary

#042B27 #2B041C #2B1404

monochromatic

#031C19 #031C19 #042B27 #09635A #0E9B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.22

#042B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#042B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042B27

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042B27	1.00	15.22	1.38	15.22
#FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 43, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.043 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b6461',
    500: '#042b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042b27;
$custom-light: #4b6461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26154,
    "c": 0.04281,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042B27

secondary

#6E1D25

accent

#2E43F9

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010505

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042B27

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

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