#08242A#08242A

#08242A is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.035 H 214.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#08242A
RGB	rgb(8, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(191, 81%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 14.3%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.48, -8.02, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.48, 10.71, 221.44°)
OKLab	oklab(24.24% -0.0288 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(24.24% 0.035 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1488, 1.4804, 2.4152)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#08242A #2A0E08

analogous

#082A1F #08242A #08132A

triadic

#08242A #2A0824 #242A08

tetradic

#08242A #1F082A #2A0E08 #132A08

square

#08242A #1F082A #2A0E08 #132A08

split-complementary

#08242A #2A0813 #2A1F08

monochromatic

#05161A #05161A #08242A #12505D #1C7C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.20

#08242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#08242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #08242A

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##08242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##08242A	1.00	16.20	1.30	16.20
#FFFFFF	16.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20232A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002626

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #08242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.035 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c5e63',
    500: '#08242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #08242a;
$custom-light: #4c5e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#08242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24238,
    "c": 0.03488,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#08242A

secondary

#693125

accent

#5C3DEB

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #08242A

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

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