#042B36#042B36

#042B36 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.046 H 221.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042B36
RGB	rgb(4, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(193, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(193, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.59, -8.57, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.59, 13.84, 231.74°)
OKLab	oklab(26.88% -0.0345 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(26.88% 0.046 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.5795, 2.0197, 3.7959)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042B36 #360F04

analogous

#043628 #042B36 #041236

triadic

#042B36 #36042B #2B3604

tetradic

#042B36 #280436 #360F04 #123604

square

#042B36 #280436 #360F04 #123604

split-complementary

#042B36 #360412 #362804

monochromatic

#02171C #02171C #042B36 #08586F #0C86A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.96

#042B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#042B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042B36

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042B36	1.00	14.96	1.40	14.96
#FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.046 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e646d',
    500: '#042b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042b36;
$custom-light: #4e646d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26882,
    "c": 0.04606,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042B36

secondary

#78321E

accent

#592BFC

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7EAEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#020507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042B36

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

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