#042C25#042C25

#042C25 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.045 H 178.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042C25
RGB	rgb(4, 44, 37)
HSL	hsl(170, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(170, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 0%, 15.9%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.28, -15.73, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.28, 15.74, 177.70°)
OKLab	oklab(26.4% -0.0451 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(26.4% 0.045 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2845, 1.9606, 2.0606)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042C25 #2C040B

analogous

#042C11 #042C25 #041F2C

triadic

#042C25 #25042C #2C2504

tetradic

#042C25 #11042C #2C040B #1F2C04

square

#042C25 #11042C #2C040B #1F2C04

split-complementary

#042C25 #2C041F #2C1104

monochromatic

#031C18 #031C18 #042C25 #096454 #0E9C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.08

#042C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#042C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042C25

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042C25	1.00	15.08	1.39	15.08
#FFFFFF	15.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 44, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.045 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b655f',
    500: '#042c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042c25;
$custom-light: #4b655f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.5,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26398,
    "c": 0.04513,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042C25

secondary

#6F1D2B

accent

#2E52FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010504

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042C25

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

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