#042D41#042D41

#042D41 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.056 H 235.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042D41
RGB	rgb(4, 45, 65)
HSL	hsl(200, 88%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(200, 94%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(93.8%, 30.8%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.91, -5.17, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.91, 17.25, 252.57°)
OKLab	oklab(28.13% -0.0319 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(28.13% 0.056 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9422, 2.2840, 5.3385)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042D41 #411804

analogous

#044136 #042D41 #040E41

triadic

#042D41 #41042D #2D4104

tetradic

#042D41 #360441 #411804 #0E4104

square

#042D41 #360441 #411804 #0E4104

split-complementary

#042D41 #41040E #413604

monochromatic

#02141D #02141D #042D41 #08557B #0B7DB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#042D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#042D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042D41

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042D41	1.00	14.42	1.46	14.42
#FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 45, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.056 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#516575',
    500: '#042d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042d41;
$custom-light: #516575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 88.406,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28129,
    "c": 0.05644,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042D41

secondary

#823F1F

accent

#6F29FF

background

#F4F6F7

surface

#E7EBED

border

#C3C6C8

text

#020508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #042D41

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

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