#232C2A#232C2A

#232C2A is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.013 H 180.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C2A
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(167, 11%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(167, 20%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.11, -4.42, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.11, 4.42, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(28.38% -0.013 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(28.38% 0.013 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.0116, 2.3258, 2.5330)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C2A #2C2325

analogous

#232C25 #232C2A #23292C

triadic

#232C2A #2A232C #2C2A23

tetradic

#232C2A #25232C #2C2325 #292C23

square

#232C2A #25232C #2C2325 #292C23

split-complementary

#232C2A #2C2329 #2C2523

monochromatic

#0E1110 #0E1110 #232C2A #3E4E4B #59706B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#232C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#232C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C2A

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C2A	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.013 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6563',
    500: '#232c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c2a;
$custom-light: #5e6563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 11.392,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2838,
    "c": 0.01303,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C2A

secondary

#5C4F52

accent

#7382B4

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C2A

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

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