#042D21#042D21

#042D21 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.050 H 168.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042D21
RGB	rgb(4, 45, 33)
HSL	hsl(162, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(162, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 0%, 26.7%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.55, -17.57, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.55, 17.99, 167.72°)
OKLab	oklab(26.58% -0.0488 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(26.58% 0.05 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2628, 2.0122, 1.7604)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042D21 #2D0410

analogous

#042D0D #042D21 #04252D

triadic

#042D21 #21042D #2D2104

tetradic

#042D21 #0D042D #2D0410 #252D04

square

#042D21 #0D042D #2D0410 #252D04

split-complementary

#042D21 #2D0425 #2D0D04

monochromatic

#021C15 #021C15 #042D21 #09654A #0E9D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#042D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#042D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042D21

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042D21	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 45, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.050 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b665c',
    500: '#042d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042d21;
$custom-light: #4b665c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.439,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26579,
    "c": 0.04977,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042D21

secondary

#701D35

accent

#2E6AFA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010604

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042D21

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

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