#042c30

Color #042c30

A vivid, highly saturated very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.29 Nearest Tailwind class teal-950 #022f2e · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#042c30

RGB

rgb(4, 44, 48)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 84.6%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 91.7%, 18.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(91.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 81.2%)

LAB

lab(15.7, -11.66, -6.49)

LCH

lch(15.7, 13.34, 209.1)

OKLCH

oklch(26.9%, 0.0428, 205.01)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 1.6%, 81.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#300804

Analogous

#04301e

#042c30

#041630

Triadic

#042c30

#30042c

#2c3004

Split-complementary

#042c30

#300416

#301e04

Tetradic

#042c30

#080430

#300804

#2c3004

Square

#042c30

#1e0430

#300804

#163004

Shades

Color #042c30 mixed toward black.

#032528

#031d20

#021618

#010f10

#010708

Tints

Color #042c30 mixed toward white.

#0a6d76

#10adbd

#2cdced

#72e7f3

#b9f3f9

Tones

Color #042c30 mixed toward gray.

#08292c

#0b2629

#0f2325

#132021

#161d1e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.41:1

White text reads better on this background (14.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1c2f · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#1a172f · ΔE 22.6

Tritanopia

#082e2e · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#272727 · ΔE 13.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #042c30;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#042c30]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#042c30 (#042c30) is rgb(4, 44, 48) in RGB.

No, #042c30 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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