#042C41#042C41

#042C41 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.057 H 237.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042C41
RGB	rgb(4, 44, 65)
HSL	hsl(201, 88%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(201, 94%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(93.8%, 32.3%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.55, -4.48, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.55, 17.61, 255.27°)
OKLab	oklab(27.84% -0.0308 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(27.84% 0.057 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9045, 2.2086, 5.3259)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042C41 #411904

analogous

#044137 #042C41 #040D41

triadic

#042C41 #41042C #2C4104

tetradic

#042C41 #370441 #411904 #0D4104

square

#042C41 #370441 #411904 #0D4104

split-complementary

#042C41 #41040D #413704

monochromatic

#02141D #02141D #042C41 #08537B #0B7AB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.57

#042C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#042C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042C41

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042C41	1.00	14.57	1.44	14.57
#FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 44, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.057 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#516475',
    500: '#042c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042c41;
$custom-light: #516475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.656,
    "s": 88.406,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27838,
    "c": 0.05724,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042C41

secondary

#82411F

accent

#7329FF

background

#F4F6F7

surface

#E7EBED

border

#C3C6C8

text

#020508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #042C41

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

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