#042C29#042C29

#042C29 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.043 H 187.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042C29
RGB	rgb(4, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(176, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(176, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 0%, 6.8%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.42, -14.32, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.42, 14.45, 187.88°)
OKLab	oklab(26.56% -0.0427 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(26.56% 0.043 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.3508, 1.9871, 2.4097)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042C29 #2C0407

analogous

#042C15 #042C29 #041B2C

triadic

#042C29 #29042C #2C2904

tetradic

#042C29 #15042C #2C0407 #1B2C04

square

#042C29 #15042C #2C0407 #1B2C04

split-complementary

#042C29 #2C041B #2C1504

monochromatic

#031C1A #031C1A #042C29 #09645D #0E9C92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.03

#042C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#042C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042C29

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042C29	1.00	15.03	1.40	15.03
#FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.043 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6562',
    500: '#042c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042c29;
$custom-light: #4c6562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26559,
    "c": 0.04311,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042C29

secondary

#6F1D23

accent

#2E3DFA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBEA

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010505

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042C29

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

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