#042E41#042E41

#042E41 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.056 H 233.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042E41
RGB	rgb(4, 46, 65)
HSL	hsl(199, 88%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(199, 94%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(93.8%, 29.2%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.28, -5.85, -15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.28, 16.92, 249.79°)
OKLab	oklab(28.42% -0.033 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(28.42% 0.056 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.9808, 2.3612, 5.3514)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042E41 #411704

analogous

#044135 #042E41 #040F41

triadic

#042E41 #41042E #2E4104

tetradic

#042E41 #350441 #411704 #0F4104

square

#042E41 #350441 #411704 #0F4104

split-complementary

#042E41 #41040F #413504

monochromatic

#02141D #02141D #042E41 #08577B #0B80B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#042E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#042E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042E41

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042E41	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 46, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.056 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#516675',
    500: '#042e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042e41;
$custom-light: #516675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 88.406,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28422,
    "c": 0.05569,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042E41

secondary

#823E1F

accent

#6C29FF

background

#F4F6F7

surface

#E7EBED

border

#C3C6C8

text

#020608

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #042E41

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

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