#042E2A#042E2A

#042E2A is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.045 H 185.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042E2A
RGB	rgb(4, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(174, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(174, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.3%, 0%, 8.7%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.24, -15.10, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.24, 15.18, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(27.24% -0.0447 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(27.24% 0.045 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4448, 2.1468, 2.5283)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042E2A #2E0408

analogous

#042E15 #042E2A #041D2E

triadic

#042E2A #2A042E #2E2A04

tetradic

#042E2A #15042E #2E0408 #1D2E04

square

#042E2A #15042E #2E0408 #1D2E04

split-complementary

#042E2A #2E041D #2E1504

monochromatic

#021C1A #021C1A #042E2A #09665D #0E9F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.69

#042E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#042E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042E2A

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042E2A	1.00	14.69	1.43	14.69
#FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25262A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.045 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c6763',
    500: '#042e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042e2a;
$custom-light: #4c6763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27239,
    "c": 0.04486,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042E2A

secondary

#711D25

accent

#2E41FA

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E7EBEA

border

#C3C6C6

text

#010605

muted

#777A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #042E2A

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

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