#042E23#042E23

#042E23 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.049 H 170.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042E23
RGB	rgb(4, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(164, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(164, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.3%, 0%, 23.9%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.01, -17.47, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.01, 17.74, 169.99°)
OKLab	oklab(26.97% -0.0488 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(26.97% 0.049 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3303, 2.1010, 1.9252)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042E23 #2E040F

analogous

#042E0E #042E23 #04242E

triadic

#042E23 #23042E #2E2304

tetradic

#042E23 #0E042E #2E040F #242E04

square

#042E23 #0E042E #2E040F #242E04

split-complementary

#042E23 #2E0424 #2E0E04

monochromatic

#021C15 #021C15 #042E23 #09664E #0E9F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#042E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#042E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042E23

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042E23	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)

#2C2A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.049 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c675d',
    500: '#042e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042e23;
$custom-light: #4c675d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.286,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26974,
    "c": 0.04947,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042E23

secondary

#711D33

accent

#2E63FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#010604

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042E23

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

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