#042B2C#042B2C

#042B2C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.042 H 197.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042B2C
RGB	rgb(4, 43, 44)
HSL	hsl(182, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(182, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 2.3%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.14, -12.60, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.14, 13.39, 199.69°)
OKLab	oklab(26.37% -0.0398 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(26.37% 0.042 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.3684, 1.9352, 2.6838)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042B2C #2C0504

analogous

#042C19 #042B2C #04172C

triadic

#042B2C #2C042B #2B2C04

tetradic

#042B2C #19042C #2C0504 #172C04

square

#042B2C #19042C #2C0504 #172C04

split-complementary

#042B2C #2C0417 #2C1904

monochromatic

#031B1C #031B1C #042B2C #096264 #0E999C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.14

#042B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#042B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042B2C

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042B2C	1.00	15.14	1.39	15.14
#FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27282C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21242C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 43, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.042 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6465',
    500: '#042b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042b2c;
$custom-light: #4c6465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.5,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26373,
    "c": 0.04171,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042B2C

secondary

#6F1F1D

accent

#332EFA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010505

muted

#777A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042B2C

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