#042E21#042E21

#042E21 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.051 H 167.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042E21
RGB	rgb(4, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(161, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(161, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.3%, 0%, 28.3%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.95, -18.10, 4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.95, 18.62, 166.36°)
OKLab	oklab(26.91% -0.05 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(26.91% 0.051 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3014, 2.0894, 1.7733)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042E21 #2E0411

analogous

#042E0C #042E21 #04262E

triadic

#042E21 #21042E #2E2104

tetradic

#042E21 #0C042E #2E0411 #262E04

square

#042E21 #0C042E #2E0411 #262E04

split-complementary

#042E21 #2E0426 #2E0C04

monochromatic

#021C14 #021C14 #042E21 #096649 #0E9F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.81

#042E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#042E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042E21

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042E21	1.00	14.81	1.42	14.81
#FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.051 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c675c',
    500: '#042e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042e21;
$custom-light: #4c675c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.429,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26906,
    "c": 0.05129,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042E21

secondary

#711D37

accent

#2E6DFA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010604

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042E21

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

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