#042D2E#042D2E

#042D2E is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.043 H 197.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042D2E
RGB	rgb(4, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(181, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(181, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.00, -13.04, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.00, 13.84, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(27.1% -0.0411 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(27.1% 0.043 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4814, 2.0997, 2.9114)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042D2E #2E0504

analogous

#042E1A #042D2E #04182E

triadic

#042D2E #2E042D #2D2E04

tetradic

#042D2E #1A042E #2E0504 #182E04

square

#042D2E #1A042E #2E0504 #182E04

split-complementary

#042D2E #2E0418 #2E1A04

monochromatic

#021C1C #021C1C #042D2E #096466 #0E9B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#042D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#042D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042D2E

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042D2E	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23262E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.043 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d6666',
    500: '#042d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042d2e;
$custom-light: #4d6666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27096,
    "c": 0.04311,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042D2E

secondary

#711F1D

accent

#322EFA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#020606

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042D2E

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

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