#042D2B#042D2B

#042D2B is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.043 H 190.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042D2B
RGB	rgb(4, 45, 43)
HSL	hsl(177, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(177, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.89, -14.17, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.89, 14.42, 190.78°)
OKLab	oklab(26.96% -0.0428 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(26.96% 0.044 190)
XYZ	xyz(1.4243, 2.0768, 2.6108)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042D2B #2D0406

analogous

#042D17 #042D2B #041B2D

triadic

#042D2B #2B042D #2D2B04

tetradic

#042D2B #17042D #2D0406 #1B2D04

square

#042D2B #17042D #2D0406 #1B2D04

split-complementary

#042D2B #2D041B #2D1704

monochromatic

#021C1B #021C1B #042D2B #096561 #0E9D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.84

#042D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#042D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042D2B

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042D2B	1.00	14.84	1.42	14.84
#FFFFFF	14.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24262B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 45, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.043 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6664',
    500: '#042d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042d2b;
$custom-light: #4c6664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26963,
    "c": 0.0435,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.02077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042D2B

secondary

#701D21

accent

#2E38FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBEA

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010605

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042D2B

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

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