#042D2A#042D2A

#042D2A is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.044 H 187.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042D2A
RGB	rgb(4, 45, 42)
HSL	hsl(176, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(176, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 0%, 6.7%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.85, -14.53, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.85, 14.68, 188.03°)
OKLab	oklab(26.92% -0.0434 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(26.92% 0.044 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.4062, 2.0696, 2.5154)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042D2A #2D0407

analogous

#042D16 #042D2A #041C2D

triadic

#042D2A #2A042D #2D2A04

tetradic

#042D2A #16042D #2D0407 #1C2D04

square

#042D2A #16042D #2D0407 #1C2D04

split-complementary

#042D2A #2D041C #2D1604

monochromatic

#021C1A #021C1A #042D2A #09655E #0E9D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.85

#042D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#042D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042D2A

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042D2A	1.00	14.85	1.41	14.85
#FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24262A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 45, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.044 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6663',
    500: '#042d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042d2a;
$custom-light: #4c6663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2692,
    "c": 0.04379,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042D2A

secondary

#701D23

accent

#2E3DFA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBEA

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010605

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042D2A

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

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