#09212A#09212A

#09212A is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.034 H 225.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09212A
RGB	rgb(9, 33, 42)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.36, -5.74, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.36, 10.50, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(23.35% -0.0238 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(23.35% 0.034 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.0743, 1.3128, 2.3868)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09212A #2A1209

analogous

#092A23 #09212A #09102A

triadic

#09212A #2A0921 #212A09

tetradic

#09212A #23092A #2A1209 #102A09

square

#09212A #23092A #2A1209 #102A09

split-complementary

#09212A #2A0910 #2A2309

monochromatic

#051419 #051419 #09212A #14495C #1F708F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.63

#09212A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#09212A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09212A

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09212A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09212A	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)

#1C202A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#171D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002424

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09212a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 33, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.034 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d5c63',
    500: '#09212a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09212a;
$custom-light: #4d5c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09212a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23354,
    "c": 0.03421,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09212A

secondary

#683927

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #09212A

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

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