#09242F#09242F

#09242F is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.038 H 228.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09242F
RGB	rgb(9, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.77, -5.77, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.77, 11.76, 240.63°)
OKLab	oklab(24.56% -0.0255 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(24.56% 0.038 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.2564, 1.5249, 2.9169)
Luminance	0.0152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09242F #2F1409

analogous

#092F27 #09242F #09112F

triadic

#09242F #2F0924 #242F09

tetradic

#09242F #27092F #2F1409 #112F09

square

#09242F #27092F #2F1409 #112F09

split-complementary

#09242F #2F0911 #2F2709

monochromatic

#05141A #05141A #09242F #134B62 #1D7396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.09

#09242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#09242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09242F

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09242F	1.00	16.09	1.31	16.09
#FFFFFF	16.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E2330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002728

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.038 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e5e67',
    500: '#09242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09242f;
$custom-light: #4e5e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24556,
    "c": 0.03838,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09242F

secondary

#6D3B27

accent

#6F3DEB

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020406

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #09242F

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

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