#232020#232020

#232020 is a very dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.005 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232020
RGB	rgb(35, 32, 32)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 8.6%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.57, 1.42, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.57, 1.51, 19.84°)
OKLab	oklab(24.69% 0.0044 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(24.69% 0.005 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4703, 1.4947, 1.5773)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232020 #202323

analogous

#232021 #232020 #232120

triadic

#232020 #202320 #202023

tetradic

#232020 #212320 #202323 #212023

square

#232020 #212320 #202323 #212023

split-complementary

#232020 #202321 #202123

monochromatic

#100F0F #100F0F #232020 #433D3D #635A5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.17

#232020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#232020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232020

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232020	1.00	16.17	1.30	16.17
#FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#242020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 32, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.005 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5b5b',
    500: '#232020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232020;
$custom-light: #5d5b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24687,
    "c": 0.00457,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232020

secondary

#4D5252

accent

#AEAE7A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9E9

border

#C5C5C5

text

#040404

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #232020

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

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