#042C19#042C19

#042C19 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.057 H 157.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042C19
RGB	rgb(4, 44, 25)
HSL	hsl(152, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(152, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 0%, 43.2%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.94, -19.37, 8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.94, 21.16, 156.28°)
OKLab	oklab(26.01% -0.0524 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(26.01% 0.057 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.1261, 1.8972, 1.2264)
Luminance	0.0190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 11.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042C19 #2C0417

analogous

#042C05 #042C19 #042B2C

triadic

#042C19 #19042C #2C1904

tetradic

#042C19 #05042C #2C0417 #2B2C04

square

#042C19 #05042C #2C0417 #2B2C04

split-complementary

#042C19 #2C042B #2C0504

monochromatic

#031C10 #031C10 #042C19 #096439 #0E9C59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.22

#042C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#042C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042C19

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042C19	1.00	15.22	1.38	15.22
#FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27241A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 44, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.057 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b6555',
    500: '#042c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042c19;
$custom-light: #4b6555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.5,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26006,
    "c": 0.05662,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042C19

secondary

#6F1D44

accent

#2E8FFA

background

#F4F6F4

surface

#E7EBE8

border

#C3C6C4

text

#010603

muted

#777A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #042C19

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

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