#08212B#08212B

#08212B is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.036 H 227.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#08212B
RGB	rgb(8, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.37, -5.57, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.37, 11.03, 239.66°)
OKLab	oklab(23.36% -0.0242 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(23.36% 0.036 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.0799, 1.3136, 2.4817)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#08212B #2B1208

analogous

#082B24 #08212B #080F2B

triadic

#08212B #2B0821 #212B08

tetradic

#08212B #24082B #2B1208 #0F2B08

square

#08212B #24082B #2B1208 #0F2B08

split-complementary

#08212B #2B080F #2B2408

monochromatic

#05141A #05141A #08212B #12495F #1B7092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.63

#08212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#08212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #08212B

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##08212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##08212B	1.00	16.63	1.26	16.63
#FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C202C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#171D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002424

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #08212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.036 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c5c64',
    500: '#08212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #08212b;
$custom-light: #4c5c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#08212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23363,
    "c": 0.03599,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#08212B

secondary

#6A3925

accent

#6E3CEB

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #08212B

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

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