#042F2C#042F2C

#042F2C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.045 H 187.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#042F2C
RGB	rgb(4, 47, 44)
HSL	hsl(176, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(176, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.70, -14.96, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.70, 15.12, 188.32°)
OKLab	oklab(27.64% -0.0447 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(27.64% 0.045 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.5210, 2.2405, 2.7347)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#042F2C #2F0407

analogous

#042F17 #042F2C #041C2F

triadic

#042F2C #2C042F #2F2C04

tetradic

#042F2C #17042F #2F0407 #1C2F04

square

#042F2C #17042F #2F0407 #1C2F04

split-complementary

#042F2C #2F041C #2F1704

monochromatic

#021C1A #021C1A #042F2C #096761 #0EA096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#042F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#042F2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #042F2C

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##042F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##042F2C	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26272C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00302E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #042f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 47, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.045 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d6765',
    500: '#042f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #042f2c;
$custom-light: #4d6765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#042f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2764,
    "c": 0.04516,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#042F2C

secondary

#721D23

accent

#2D3CFB

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#020605

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #042F2C

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

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