#232A2A#232A2A

#232A2A is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.010 H 196.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A2A
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(180, 9%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(180, 17%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.41, -3.07, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.41, 3.24, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(27.82% -0.0095 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(27.82% 0.01 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9389, 2.1804, 2.5087)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A2A #2A2323

analogous

#232A26 #232A2A #23262A

triadic

#232A2A #2A232A #2A2A23

tetradic

#232A2A #26232A #2A2323 #262A23

square

#232A2A #26232A #2A2323 #262A23

split-complementary

#232A2A #2A2326 #2A2623

monochromatic

#0E1111 #0E1111 #232A2A #3F4B4B #5B6D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.62

#232A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#232A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A2A

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A2A	1.00	14.62	1.44	14.62
#FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29292A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28282A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212A2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.010 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6363',
    500: '#232a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a2a;
$custom-light: #5d6363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27821,
    "c": 0.00987,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A2A

secondary

#5A4F4F

accent

#7676B2

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9EAEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A2A

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

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