#12232C#12232C

#12232C is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.028 H 232.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12232C
RGB	rgb(18, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.69, -3.92, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.69, 9.07, 244.35°)
OKLab	oklab(24.57% -0.0173 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(24.57% 0.028 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3049, 1.5124, 2.6055)
Luminance	0.0151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12232C #2C1B12

analogous

#122C28 #12232C #12162C

triadic

#12232C #2C1223 #232C12

tetradic

#12232C #28122C #2C1B12 #162C12

square

#12232C #28122C #2C1B12 #162C12

split-complementary

#12232C #2C1216 #2C2812

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #12232C #244657 #366883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.12

#12232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#12232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12232C

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12232C	1.00	16.12	1.30	16.12
#FFFFFF	16.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F232C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B202C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062526

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.028 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525d65',
    500: '#12232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12232c;
$custom-light: #525d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24567,
    "c": 0.02848,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12232C

secondary

#634636

accent

#8156D2

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020405

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12232C

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

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