#232A2C#232A2C

#232A2C is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.011 H 216.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A2C
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 44)
HSL	hsl(193, 11%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(193, 20%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.48, -2.52, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.48, 3.44, 222.81°)
OKLab	oklab(27.9% -0.0084 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(27.9% 0.011 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9756, 2.1951, 2.7020)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A2C #2C2523

analogous

#232C29 #232A2C #23252C

triadic

#232A2C #2C232A #2A2C23

tetradic

#232A2C #29232C #2C2523 #252C23

square

#232A2C #29232C #2C2523 #252C23

split-complementary

#232A2C #2C2325 #2C2923

monochromatic

#0E1011 #0E1011 #232A2C #3E4B4E #596B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#232A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#232A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A2C

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A2C	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29292C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27282C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.011 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6365',
    500: '#232a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a2c;
$custom-light: #5e6365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 11.392,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27902,
    "c": 0.01054,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A2C

secondary

#5C524F

accent

#8273B4

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A2C

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

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