#08242E#08242E

#08242E is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.038 H 225.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#08242E
RGB	rgb(8, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(196, 83%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.67, -6.40, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.67, 11.60, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(24.46% -0.0268 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(24.46% 0.038 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2240, 1.5105, 2.8113)
Luminance	0.0151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#08242E #2E1208

analogous

#082E25 #08242E #08112E

triadic

#08242E #2E0824 #242E08

tetradic

#08242E #25082E #2E1208 #112E08

square

#08242E #25082E #2E1208 #112E08

split-complementary

#08242E #2E0811 #2E2508

monochromatic

#05141A #05141A #08242E #114D62 #1A7696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.13

#08242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#08242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #08242E

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##08242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##08242E	1.00	16.13	1.30	16.13
#FFFFFF	16.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F232F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #08242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.038 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d5e66',
    500: '#08242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #08242e;
$custom-light: #4d5e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#08242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24455,
    "c": 0.03806,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#08242E

secondary

#6D3825

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010406

muted

#77797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #08242E

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

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