#231E22#231E22

#231E22 is a very dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.011 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E22
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 34)
HSL	hsl(312, 8%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(312, 14%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 2.9%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.97, 3.35, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.97, 3.82, 331.20°)
OKLab	oklab(24.24% 0.0094 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(24.24% 0.011 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.4461, 1.4014, 1.7074)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E22 #1E231F

analogous

#211E23 #231E22 #231E1F

triadic

#231E22 #22231E #1E2223

tetradic

#231E22 #23211E #1E231F #1E1F23

square

#231E22 #23211E #1E231F #1E1F23

split-complementary

#231E22 #1F231E #1E2321

monochromatic

#100E10 #100E10 #231E22 #443A42 #655662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.40

#231E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#231E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E22

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E22	1.00	16.40	1.28	16.40
#FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.011 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d595c',
    500: '#231e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e22;
$custom-light: #5d595c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24237,
    "c": 0.0106,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E22

secondary

#4A534C

accent

#B18377

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#040304

muted

#797879

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E22

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

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