#12232E#12232E

#12232E is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.031 H 238.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12232E
RGB	rgb(18, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.78, -3.17, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.78, 9.98, 251.46°)
OKLab	oklab(24.68% -0.0163 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(24.68% 0.031 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3435, 1.5278, 2.8083)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12232E #2E1D12

analogous

#122E2B #12232E #12152E

triadic

#12232E #2E1223 #232E12

tetradic

#12232E #2B122E #2E1D12 #152E12

square

#12232E #2B122E #2E1D12 #152E12

split-complementary

#12232E #2E1215 #2E2B12

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #12232E #23445A #346686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.08

#12232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#12232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12232E

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12232E	1.00	16.08	1.31	16.08
#FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E232F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A202E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.031 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525d66',
    500: '#12232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12232e;
$custom-light: #525d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24676,
    "c": 0.03098,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12232E

secondary

#664936

accent

#8654D3

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020406

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12232E

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

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