#042C1E#042C1E

#042C1E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.051 H 164.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042C1E
RGB	rgb(4, 44, 30)
HSL	hsl(159, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(159, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 0%, 31.8%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.07, -17.97, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.07, 18.71, 163.76°)
OKLab	oklab(26.15% -0.0494 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(26.15% 0.051 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.1850, 1.9208, 1.5363)
Luminance	0.0192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042C1E #2C0412

analogous

#042C0A #042C1E #04262C

triadic

#042C1E #1E042C #2C1E04

tetradic

#042C1E #0A042C #2C0412 #262C04

square

#042C1E #0A042C #2C0412 #262C04

split-complementary

#042C1E #2C0426 #2C0A04

monochromatic

#031C13 #031C13 #042C1E #096444 #0E9C6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.17

#042C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#042C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042C1E

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042C1E	1.00	15.17	1.38	15.17
#FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B281D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26241F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 44, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.051 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b6559',
    500: '#042c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042c1e;
$custom-light: #4b6559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26152,
    "c": 0.05114,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042C1E

secondary

#6F1D3A

accent

#2E75FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010503

muted

#777A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #042C1E

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

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