#09222C#09222C

#09222C is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.036 H 227.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09222C
RGB	rgb(9, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(197, 80%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.85, -5.62, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.85, 11.04, 239.38°)
OKLab	oklab(23.78% -0.0242 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(23.78% 0.036 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1391, 1.3839, 2.5895)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09222C #2C1309

analogous

#092C24 #09222C #09102C

triadic

#09222C #2C0922 #222C09

tetradic

#09222C #24092C #2C1309 #102C09

square

#09222C #24092C #2C1309 #102C09

split-complementary

#09222C #2C0910 #2C2409

monochromatic

#051419 #051419 #09222C #13495F #1E7192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.45

#09222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#09222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09222C

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09222C	1.00	16.45	1.28	16.45
#FFFFFF	16.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D212D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.036 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d5d65',
    500: '#09222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09222c;
$custom-light: #4d5d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23775,
    "c": 0.03595,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09222C

secondary

#6A3A27

accent

#6F3FE9

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#77797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #09222C

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

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