#232B2B#232B2B

#232B2B is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.011 H 196.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B2B
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(180, 10%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(180, 19%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.79, -3.48, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.79, 3.67, 198.61°)
OKLab	oklab(28.14% -0.0107 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(28.14% 0.011 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9929, 2.2594, 2.6161)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B2B #2B2323

analogous

#232B27 #232B2B #23272B

triadic

#232B2B #2B232B #2B2B23

tetradic

#232B2B #27232B #2B2323 #272B23

square

#232B2B #27232B #2B2323 #272B23

split-complementary

#232B2B #2B2327 #2B2723

monochromatic

#0E1111 #0E1111 #232B2B #3E4D4D #5A6E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.46

#232B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#232B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B2B

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B2B	1.00	14.46	1.45	14.46
#FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28292B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.011 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6464',
    500: '#232b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b2b;
$custom-light: #5e6464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28139,
    "c": 0.01119,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B2B

secondary

#5B4F4F

accent

#7575B3

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#E9EAEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B2B

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

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