#042B2A#042B2A

#042B2A is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.042 H 192.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042B2A
RGB	rgb(4, 43, 42)
HSL	hsl(178, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(178, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.06, -13.36, -3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.06, 13.74, 193.52°)
OKLab	oklab(26.28% -0.0409 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(26.28% 0.042 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3317, 1.9206, 2.4906)
Luminance	0.0192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042B2A #2B0405

analogous

#042B17 #042B2A #04192B

triadic

#042B2A #2A042B #2B2A04

tetradic

#042B2A #17042B #2B0405 #192B04

square

#042B2A #17042B #2B0405 #192B04

split-complementary

#042B2A #2B0419 #2B1704

monochromatic

#031C1B #031C1B #042B2A #096361 #0E9B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.17

#042B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#042B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042B2A

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042B2A	1.00	15.17	1.38	15.17
#FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28282A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22242A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 43, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.042 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6463',
    500: '#042b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042b2a;
$custom-light: #4c6463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26283,
    "c": 0.04188,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042B2A

secondary

#6E1D1F

accent

#2E34F9

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBEA

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010505

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042B2A

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

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