#232B30#232B30

#232B30 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.015 H 235.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B30
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 48)
HSL	hsl(203, 16%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(203, 27%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 81.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.98, -2.07, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.98, 4.86, 244.76°)
OKLab	oklab(28.35% -0.0082 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(28.35% 0.015 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.0904, 2.2984, 3.1292)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B30 #302823

analogous

#23302F #232B30 #232530

triadic

#232B30 #30232B #2B3023

tetradic

#232B30 #2F2330 #302823 #253023

square

#232B30 #2F2330 #302823 #253023

split-complementary

#232B30 #302325 #302F23

monochromatic

#0D1012 #0D1012 #232B30 #3D4B53 #576A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#232B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#232B30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B30

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B30	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F2C2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.015 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6468',
    500: '#232b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b30;
$custom-light: #5e6468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 15.663,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2835,
    "c": 0.0145,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B30

secondary

#61554E

accent

#8B6FB8

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B30

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

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