#232A2D#232A2D

#232A2D is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.011 H 225.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A2D
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(198, 13%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(198, 22%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 6.7%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.52, -2.25, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.52, 3.73, 233.05°)
OKLab	oklab(27.94% -0.0079 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(27.94% 0.011 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9946, 2.2027, 2.8022)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A2D #2D2623

analogous

#232D2B #232A2D #23252D

triadic

#232A2D #2D232A #2A2D23

tetradic

#232A2D #2B232D #2D2623 #252D23

square

#232A2D #2B232D #2D2623 #252D23

split-complementary

#232A2D #2D2325 #2D2B23

monochromatic

#0D1011 #0D1011 #232A2D #3E4A4F #596A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#232A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#232A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A2D

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A2D	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27282D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.011 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6365',
    500: '#232a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a2d;
$custom-light: #5e6365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27944,
    "c": 0.01132,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A2D

secondary

#5D534E

accent

#8772B5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A2D

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

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