#042C1F#042C1F

#042C1F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.050 H 166.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042C1F
RGB	rgb(4, 44, 31)
HSL	hsl(161, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(161, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 0%, 29.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.09, -17.67, 4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.09, 18.25, 165.48°)
OKLab	oklab(26.19% -0.0488 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(26.19% 0.05 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.1979, 1.9260, 1.6047)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042C1F #2C0411

analogous

#042C0B #042C1F #04252C

triadic

#042C1F #1F042C #2C1F04

tetradic

#042C1F #0B042C #2C0411 #252C04

square

#042C1F #0B042C #2C0411 #252C04

split-complementary

#042C1F #2C0425 #2C0B04

monochromatic

#031C14 #031C14 #042C1F #096447 #0E9C6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.16

#042C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#042C1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042C1F

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042C1F	1.00	15.16	1.39	15.16
#FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B281E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 44, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.050 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b655a',
    500: '#042c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042c1f;
$custom-light: #4b655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.5,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26185,
    "c": 0.05014,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042C1F

secondary

#6F1D38

accent

#2E70FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010503

muted

#777A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #042C1F

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

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