#042D2C#042D2C

#042D2C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.043 H 192.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042D2C
RGB	rgb(4, 45, 44)
HSL	hsl(179, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(179, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.92, -13.80, -3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.92, 14.20, 193.62°)
OKLab	oklab(27.01% -0.0423 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(27.01% 0.043 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4429, 2.0843, 2.7086)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042D2C #2D0405

analogous

#042D18 #042D2C #041A2D

triadic

#042D2C #2C042D #2D2C04

tetradic

#042D2C #18042D #2D0405 #1A2D04

square

#042D2C #18042D #2D0405 #1A2D04

split-complementary

#042D2C #2D041A #2D1804

monochromatic

#021C1B #021C1B #042D2C #096563 #0E9D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#042D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#042D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042D2C

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042D2C	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24262C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 45, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.043 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6665',
    500: '#042d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042d2c;
$custom-light: #4c6665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27007,
    "c": 0.04329,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042D2C

secondary

#701D1F

accent

#2E33FA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010605

muted

#777A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042D2C

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

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