#042B29#042B29

#042B29 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.042 H 189.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042B29
RGB	rgb(4, 43, 41)
HSL	hsl(177, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(177, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.7%, 0%, 4.7%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.03, -13.73, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.03, 13.97, 190.57°)
OKLab	oklab(26.24% -0.0415 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(26.24% 0.042 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.3140, 1.9135, 2.3975)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042B29 #2B0406

analogous

#042B16 #042B29 #041A2B

triadic

#042B29 #29042B #2B2904

tetradic

#042B29 #16042B #2B0406 #1A2B04

square

#042B29 #16042B #2B0406 #1A2B04

split-complementary

#042B29 #2B041A #2B1604

monochromatic

#031C1B #031C1B #042B29 #09635E #0E9B94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.19

#042B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#042B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042B29

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042B29	1.00	15.19	1.38	15.19
#FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 43, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.042 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6462',
    500: '#042b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042b29;
$custom-light: #4c6462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26239,
    "c": 0.04211,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042B29

secondary

#6E1D21

accent

#2E39F9

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBEA

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010505

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042B29

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

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