#232C2B#232C2B

#232C2B is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.013 H 188.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C2B
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 43)
HSL	hsl(173, 11%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(173, 20%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 2.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.15, -4.15, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.15, 4.20, 188.95°)
OKLab	oklab(28.42% -0.0125 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(28.42% 0.013 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.0297, 2.3330, 2.6284)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C2B #2C2324

analogous

#232C26 #232C2B #23282C

triadic

#232C2B #2B232C #2C2B23

tetradic

#232C2B #26232C #2C2324 #282C23

square

#232C2B #26232C #2C2324 #282C23

split-complementary

#232C2B #2C2328 #2C2623

monochromatic

#0E1111 #0E1111 #232C2B #3E4E4C #59706E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.32

#232C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#232C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C2B

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C2B	1.00	14.32	1.47	14.32
#FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#212C2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.013 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6564',
    500: '#232c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c2b;
$custom-light: #5e6564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 11.392,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28418,
    "c": 0.01264,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C2B

secondary

#5C4F50

accent

#737BB4

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C2B

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

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