#042E29#042E29

#042E29 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.045 H 183.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042E29
RGB	rgb(4, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(173, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(173, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.3%, 0%, 10.9%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.20, -15.46, -0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.20, 15.48, 183.06°)
OKLab	oklab(27.2% -0.0452 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(27.2% 0.045 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4271, 2.1397, 2.4352)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042E29 #2E0409

analogous

#042E14 #042E29 #041E2E

triadic

#042E29 #29042E #2E2904

tetradic

#042E29 #14042E #2E0409 #1E2E04

square

#042E29 #14042E #2E0409 #1E2E04

split-complementary

#042E29 #2E041E #2E1404

monochromatic

#021C19 #021C19 #042E29 #09665B #0E9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#042E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#042E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042E29

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042E29	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.045 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6762',
    500: '#042e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042e29;
$custom-light: #4c6762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.857,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27199,
    "c": 0.04532,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042E29

secondary

#711D27

accent

#2E46FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBEA

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010605

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042E29

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

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