#042E36#042E36

#042E36 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.046 H 213.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042E36
RGB	rgb(4, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(190, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(190, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.73, -10.50, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.73, 13.91, 220.99°)
OKLab	oklab(27.8% -0.0381 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(27.8% 0.046 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.6926, 2.2459, 3.8336)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042E36 #360C04

analogous

#043625 #042E36 #041536

triadic

#042E36 #36042E #2E3604

tetradic

#042E36 #250436 #360C04 #153604

square

#042E36 #250436 #360C04 #153604

split-complementary

#042E36 #360415 #362504

monochromatic

#02181C #02181C #042E36 #085F6F #0C8FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#042E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#042E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042E36

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042E36	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.046 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e666d',
    500: '#042e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042e36;
$custom-light: #4e666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27798,
    "c": 0.04582,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042E36

secondary

#782C1E

accent

#4D2BFC

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#020607

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042E36

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

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