#232B32#232B32

#232B32 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.017 H 244.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B32
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 50)
HSL	hsl(208, 18%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(208, 30%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 14%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.06, -1.48, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.06, 5.87, 255.35°)
OKLab	oklab(28.44% -0.0073 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(28.44% 0.017 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1326, 2.3153, 3.3515)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B32 #322A23

analogous

#233232 #232B32 #232432

triadic

#232B32 #32232B #2B3223

tetradic

#232B32 #322332 #322A23 #243223

square

#232B32 #322332 #322A23 #243223

split-complementary

#232B32 #322324 #323223

monochromatic

#0D0F12 #0D0F12 #232B32 #3C4A56 #55697A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#232B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#232B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B32

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B32	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F2D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.017 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6469',
    500: '#232b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b32;
$custom-light: #5e6469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2844,
    "c": 0.0171,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B32

secondary

#63584D

accent

#916DBA

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040506

muted

#79797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B32

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

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