#12232A#12232A

#12232A is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.026 H 226.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12232A
RGB	rgb(18, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.59, -4.65, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.59, 8.30, 235.90°)
OKLab	oklab(24.46% -0.0182 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(24.46% 0.026 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2683, 1.4977, 2.4123)
Luminance	0.0150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12232A #2A1912

analogous

#122A25 #12232A #12172A

triadic

#12232A #2A1223 #232A12

tetradic

#12232A #25122A #2A1912 #172A12

square

#12232A #25122A #2A1912 #172A12

split-complementary

#12232A #2A1217 #2A2512

monochromatic

#091215 #091215 #12232A #244755 #376A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.16

#12232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#12232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12232A

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12232A	1.00	16.16	1.30	16.16
#FFFFFF	16.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F222A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C202A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#072525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.026 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#515d63',
    500: '#12232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12232a;
$custom-light: #515d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24463,
    "c": 0.02632,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12232A

secondary

#614337

accent

#7B58D0

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020405

muted

#787979

Preview Lab

Preview with #12232A

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

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