#232B2E#232B2E

#232B2E is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.012 H 222.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B2E
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(196, 14%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(196, 24%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.90, -2.65, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.90, 4.09, 229.60°)
OKLab	oklab(28.26% -0.0092 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(28.26% 0.012 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.0500, 2.2823, 2.9168)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B2E #2E2623

analogous

#232E2B #232B2E #23252E

triadic

#232B2E #2E232B #2B2E23

tetradic

#232B2E #2B232E #2E2623 #252E23

square

#232B2E #2B232E #2E2623 #252E23

split-complementary

#232B2E #2E2325 #2E2B23

monochromatic

#0D1011 #0D1011 #232B2E #3D4B51 #586C74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#232B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#232B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B2E

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B2E	1.00	14.42	1.46	14.42
#FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27292E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.012 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6466',
    500: '#232b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b2e;
$custom-light: #5e6466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28263,
    "c": 0.01249,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B2E

secondary

#5F534E

accent

#8471B6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B2E

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

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