#232B2A#232B2A

#232B2A is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.011 H 187.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B2A
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 42)
HSL	hsl(173, 10%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(173, 19%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.76, -3.75, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.76, 3.78, 187.91°)
OKLab	oklab(28.1% -0.0112 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(28.1% 0.011 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9748, 2.2522, 2.5207)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B2A #2B2324

analogous

#232B26 #232B2A #23282B

triadic

#232B2A #2A232B #2B2A23

tetradic

#232B2A #26232B #2B2324 #282B23

square

#232B2A #26232B #2B2324 #282B23

split-complementary

#232B2A #2B2328 #2B2623

monochromatic

#0E1110 #0E1110 #232B2A #3E4D4B #5A6E6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#232B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#232B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B2A

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B2A	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.011 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6463',
    500: '#232b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b2a;
$custom-light: #5d6463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.281,
    "c": 0.01134,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B2A

secondary

#5B4F50

accent

#757CB3

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9EAEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B2A

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

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