Color specimenNo. 00274222

#042F2E

Bright Very Dark Teal

A deterministic reference card for #042F2E. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
4, 47, 46
HSL
179°, 84%, 10%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · teal

tailwind · teal 950

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-teal-950, text-teal-950, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · teal

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Class name
teal-950
Hex
#042F2E
Closest CSS named color
darkslategray
Full color breakdown
/color/042f2e

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #042F2E as the text color.

14.47:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #042F2E as the text color.

1.45:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

Recommendation

When using #042F2E as a background, pair it with #ffffff text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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