#042B2E#042B2E

#042B2E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.042 H 202.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042B2E
RGB	rgb(4, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(184, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(184, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.23, -11.83, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.23, 13.17, 206.11°)
OKLab	oklab(26.47% -0.0387 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(26.47% 0.042 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.4069, 1.9506, 2.8866)
Luminance	0.0195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042B2E #2E0704

analogous

#042E1C #042B2E #04162E

triadic

#042B2E #2E042B #2B2E04

tetradic

#042B2E #1C042E #2E0704 #162E04

square

#042B2E #1C042E #2E0704 #162E04

split-complementary

#042B2E #2E0416 #2E1C04

monochromatic

#021A1C #021A1C #042B2E #096066 #0E949F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.11

#042B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#042B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042B2E

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042B2E	1.00	15.11	1.39	15.11
#FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27292E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21242E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.042 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6466',
    500: '#042b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042b2e;
$custom-light: #4c6466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26467,
    "c": 0.0419,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042B2E

secondary

#71231D

accent

#3C2EFA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010506

muted

#777A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042B2E

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