#042C20#042C20

#042C20 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.049 H 168.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042C20
RGB	rgb(4, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(162, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(162, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 0%, 27.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.12, -17.36, 3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.12, 17.79, 167.29°)
OKLab	oklab(26.22% -0.0481 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(26.22% 0.049 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2113, 1.9313, 1.6752)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042C20 #2C0410

analogous

#042C0C #042C20 #04242C

triadic

#042C20 #20042C #2C2004

tetradic

#042C20 #0C042C #2C0410 #242C04

square

#042C20 #0C042C #2C0410 #242C04

split-complementary

#042C20 #2C0424 #2C0C04

monochromatic

#031C14 #031C14 #042C20 #096449 #0E9C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.15

#042C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#042C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042C20

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042C20	1.00	15.15	1.39	15.15
#FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B281F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.049 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b655b',
    500: '#042c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042c20;
$custom-light: #4b655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26218,
    "c": 0.04918,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042C20

secondary

#6F1D36

accent

#2E6BFA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010504

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042C20

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

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