#042D26#042D26

#042D26 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.046 H 178.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042D26
RGB	rgb(4, 45, 38)
HSL	hsl(170, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(170, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 0%, 15.6%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.71, -15.94, 0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.71, 15.95, 178.01°)
OKLab	oklab(26.76% -0.0458 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(26.76% 0.046 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.3381, 2.0424, 2.1570)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042D26 #2D040B

analogous

#042D12 #042D26 #04202D

triadic

#042D26 #26042D #2D2604

tetradic

#042D26 #12042D #2D040B #202D04

square

#042D26 #12042D #2D040B #202D04

split-complementary

#042D26 #2D0420 #2D1204

monochromatic

#021C18 #021C18 #042D26 #096555 #0E9D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.91

#042D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#042D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042D26

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042D26	1.00	14.91	1.41	14.91
#FFFFFF	14.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 45, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.046 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6660',
    500: '#042d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042d26;
$custom-light: #4c6660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.756,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26759,
    "c": 0.04579,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042D26

secondary

#701D2B

accent

#2E51FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010604

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042D26

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

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