#042C36#042C36

#042C36 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.046 H 218.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042C36
RGB	rgb(4, 44, 54)
HSL	hsl(192, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(192, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.97, -9.22, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.97, 13.81, 228.12°)
OKLab	oklab(27.19% -0.0357 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(27.19% 0.046 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6163, 2.0933, 3.8082)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042C36 #360E04

analogous

#043627 #042C36 #041336

triadic

#042C36 #36042C #2C3604

tetradic

#042C36 #270436 #360E04 #133604

square

#042C36 #270436 #360E04 #133604

split-complementary

#042C36 #360413 #362704

monochromatic

#02171C #02171C #042C36 #085A6F #0C89A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#042C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#042C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042C36

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042C36	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 44, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.046 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e656d',
    500: '#042c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042c36;
$custom-light: #4e656d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27187,
    "c": 0.04589,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042C36

secondary

#78301E

accent

#552BFC

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#020507

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042C36

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

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