#042B2F#042B2F

#042B2F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.042 H 205.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042B2F
RGB	rgb(4, 43, 47)
HSL	hsl(186, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(186, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.27, -11.44, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.27, 13.12, 209.38°)
OKLab	oklab(26.52% -0.0381 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(26.52% 0.042 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4268, 1.9586, 2.9916)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042B2F #2F0804

analogous

#042F1D #042B2F #04162F

triadic

#042B2F #2F042B #2B2F04

tetradic

#042B2F #1D042F #2F0804 #162F04

square

#042B2F #1D042F #2F0804 #162F04

split-complementary

#042B2F #2F0416 #2F1D04

monochromatic

#021A1C #021A1C #042B2F #095F67 #0E92A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.09

#042B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#042B2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042B2F

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042B2F	1.00	15.09	1.39	15.09
#FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26292F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20242F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 43, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.042 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d6467',
    500: '#042b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042b2f;
$custom-light: #4d6467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26516,
    "c": 0.04213,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042B2F

secondary

#72251D

accent

#402DFB

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010506

muted

#777A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042B2F

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

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