#08231E#08231E

#08231E is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.034 H 178.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#08231E
RGB	rgb(8, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(169, 77%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.60, -11.83, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.60, 11.83, 178.51°)
OKLab	oklab(23.37% -0.0342 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(23.37% 0.034 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.9354, 1.3473, 1.4388)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#08231E #23080D

analogous

#082310 #08231E #081A23

triadic

#08231E #1E0823 #231E08

tetradic

#08231E #100823 #23080D #1A2308

square

#08231E #100823 #23080D #1A2308

split-complementary

#08231E #23081A #231008

monochromatic

#061915 #061915 #08231E #135549 #1F8773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.54

#08231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#08231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #08231E

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##08231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##08231E	1.00	16.54	1.27	16.54
#FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D1D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002421

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #08231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.034 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b5e59',
    500: '#08231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #08231e;
$custom-light: #4b5e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#08231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 8.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23365,
    "c": 0.03419,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#08231E

secondary

#612631

accent

#4260E6

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #08231E

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

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