#09231E#09231E

#09231E is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.033 H 178.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09231E
RGB	rgb(9, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(168, 74%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 14.3%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.65, -11.54, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.65, 11.55, 178.13°)
OKLab	oklab(23.41% -0.0333 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(23.41% 0.033 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.9479, 1.3538, 1.4394)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09231E #23090E

analogous

#092311 #09231E #091B23

triadic

#09231E #1E0923 #231E09

tetradic

#09231E #110923 #23090E #1B2309

square

#09231E #110923 #23090E #1B2309

split-complementary

#09231E #23091B #231109

monochromatic

#061815 #061815 #09231E #165448 #228471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.53

#09231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#09231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09231E

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09231E	1.00	16.53	1.27	16.53
#FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D1E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002421

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.033 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b5e59',
    500: '#09231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09231e;
$custom-light: #4b5e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23414,
    "c": 0.03335,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09231E

secondary

#602833

accent

#4664E2

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #09231E

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

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