#232A2E#232A2E

#232A2E is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.012 H 232.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232A2E
RGB	rgb(35, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(202, 14%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(202, 24%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.56, -1.96, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.56, 4.13, 241.61°)
OKLab	oklab(27.99% -0.0074 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(27.99% 0.012 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.0141, 2.2105, 2.9048)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232A2E #2E2723

analogous

#232E2C #232A2E #23242E

triadic

#232A2E #2E232A #2A2E23

tetradic

#232A2E #2C232E #2E2723 #242E23

square

#232A2E #2C232E #2E2723 #242E23

split-complementary

#232A2E #2E2324 #2E2C23

monochromatic

#0D1011 #0D1011 #232A2E #3D4A51 #586974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#232A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#232A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232A2E

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232A2E	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27282E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.012 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6366',
    500: '#232a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232a2e;
$custom-light: #5e6366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27987,
    "c": 0.01234,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232A2E

secondary

#5F544E

accent

#8A71B6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232A2E

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

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