#08231B#08231B

#08231B is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.037 H 170.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#08231B
RGB	rgb(8, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(162, 63%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(162, 77%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 22.9%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.50, -12.81, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.50, 13.02, 169.64°)
OKLab	oklab(23.25% -0.036 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(23.25% 0.037 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.8989, 1.3327, 1.2466)
Luminance	0.0133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#08231B #230810

analogous

#08230D #08231B #081D23

triadic

#08231B #1B0823 #231B08

tetradic

#08231B #0D0823 #230810 #1D2308

square

#08231B #0D0823 #230810 #1D2308

split-complementary

#08231B #23081D #230D08

monochromatic

#061913 #061913 #08231B #135541 #1F8768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.58

#08231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#08231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #08231B

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##08231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##08231B	1.00	16.58	1.27	16.58
#FFFFFF	16.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22201B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E1D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002321

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #08231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.037 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4a5e57',
    500: '#08231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #08231b;
$custom-light: #4a5e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#08231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 8.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23251,
    "c": 0.03651,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#08231B

secondary

#612637

accent

#4273E6

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #08231B

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

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