#042E2C#042E2C

#042E2C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.044 H 190.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042E2C
RGB	rgb(4, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(177, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(177, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.31, -14.38, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.31, 14.64, 190.88°)
OKLab	oklab(27.32% -0.0435 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(27.32% 0.044 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4815, 2.1615, 2.7215)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042E2C #2E0406

analogous

#042E17 #042E2C #041B2E

triadic

#042E2C #2C042E #2E2C04

tetradic

#042E2C #17042E #2E0406 #1B2E04

square

#042E2C #17042E #2E0406 #1B2E04

split-complementary

#042E2C #2E041B #2E1704

monochromatic

#021C1B #021C1B #042E2C #096662 #0E9F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#042E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#042E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042E2C

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042E2C	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25272C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00302D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.044 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d6765',
    500: '#042e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042e2c;
$custom-light: #4d6765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27323,
    "c": 0.04418,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042E2C

secondary

#711D21

accent

#2E37FA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#020605

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042E2C

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

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