#042D28#042D28

#042D28 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.045 H 182.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042D28
RGB	rgb(4, 45, 40)
HSL	hsl(173, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(173, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 0%, 11.1%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.78, -15.25, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.78, 15.26, 182.82°)
OKLab	oklab(26.84% -0.0446 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(26.84% 0.045 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3713, 2.0556, 2.3316)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042D28 #2D0409

analogous

#042D14 #042D28 #041E2D

triadic

#042D28 #28042D #2D2804

tetradic

#042D28 #14042D #2D0409 #1E2D04

square

#042D28 #14042D #2D0409 #1E2D04

split-complementary

#042D28 #2D041E #2D1404

monochromatic

#021C19 #021C19 #042D28 #09655A #0E9D8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.88

#042D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#042D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042D28

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042D28	1.00	14.88	1.41	14.88
#FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 45, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.045 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6661',
    500: '#042d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042d28;
$custom-light: #4c6661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26838,
    "c": 0.04464,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042D28

secondary

#701D27

accent

#2E47FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010605

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042D28

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

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