#23232B#23232B

#23232B is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.015 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23232B
RGB	rgb(35, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(240, 19%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.02, 2.12, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.02, 5.70, 291.78°)
OKLab	oklab(25.96% 0.0039 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(25.96% 0.015 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.7301, 1.7338, 2.5285)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23232B #2B2B23

analogous

#23272B #23232B #27232B

triadic

#23232B #2B2323 #232B23

tetradic

#23232B #2B2327 #2B2B23 #232B27

square

#23232B #2B2327 #2B2B23 #232B27

split-complementary

#23232B #2B2723 #272B23

monochromatic

#0E0E11 #0E0E11 #23232B #3E3E4D #5A5A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#23232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#23232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #23232B

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##23232B	1.00	15.59	1.35	15.59
#FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21242B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21232B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.015 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5d64',
    500: '#23232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23232b;
$custom-light: #5d5d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2596,
    "c": 0.01489,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23232B

secondary

#5B5B4F

accent

#B375B3

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9E9EA

border

#C5C5C6

text

#040405

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #23232B

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

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