#09222B#09222B

#09222B is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.035 H 225.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09222B
RGB	rgb(9, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.80, -6.03, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.80, 10.71, 235.75°)
OKLab	oklab(23.72% -0.0247 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(23.72% 0.035 225)
XYZ	xyz(1.1206, 1.3764, 2.4917)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09222B #2B1209

analogous

#092B23 #09222B #09112B

triadic

#09222B #2B0922 #222B09

tetradic

#09222B #23092B #2B1209 #112B09

square

#09222B #23092B #2B1209 #112B09

split-complementary

#09222B #2B0911 #2B2309

monochromatic

#051419 #051419 #09222B #144A5E #1E7290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.47

#09222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#09222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09222B

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09222B	1.00	16.47	1.28	16.47
#FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D212B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.035 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d5d64',
    500: '#09222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09222b;
$custom-light: #4d5d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23718,
    "c": 0.03495,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.01377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09222B

secondary

#693827

accent

#6C3FE8

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #09222B

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

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