#09242E#09242E

#09242E is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.037 H 225.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09242E
RGB	rgb(9, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.72, -6.18, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.72, 11.42, 237.25°)
OKLab	oklab(24.5% -0.026 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(24.5% 0.037 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2365, 1.5170, 2.8119)
Luminance	0.0152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09242E #2E1309

analogous

#092E25 #09242E #09112E

triadic

#09242E #2E0924 #242E09

tetradic

#09242E #25092E #2E1309 #112E09

square

#09242E #25092E #2E1309 #112E09

split-complementary

#09242E #2E0911 #2E2509

monochromatic

#05141A #05141A #09242E #134C61 #1D7494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.11

#09242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#09242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09242E

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09242E	1.00	16.11	1.30	16.11
#FFFFFF	16.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.11	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: #09242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.037 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e5e66',
    500: '#09242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09242e;
$custom-light: #4e5e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 10.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24499,
    "c": 0.03736,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09242E

secondary

#6C3A27

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020406

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #09242E

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

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