#232C2C#232C2C

#232C2C is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.013 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C2C
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 44)
HSL	hsl(180, 11%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(180, 20%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.18, -3.88, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.18, 4.09, 198.52°)
OKLab	oklab(28.46% -0.012 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(28.46% 0.013 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.0483, 2.3405, 2.7262)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C2C #2C2323

analogous

#232C27 #232C2C #23272C

triadic

#232C2C #2C232C #2C2C23

tetradic

#232C2C #27232C #2C2323 #272C23

square

#232C2C #27232C #2C2323 #272C23

split-complementary

#232C2C #2C2327 #2C2723

monochromatic

#0E1111 #0E1111 #232C2C #3E4E4E #597070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#232C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#232C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C2C

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C2C	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.013 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6565',
    500: '#232c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c2c;
$custom-light: #5e6565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 11.392,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28458,
    "c": 0.0125,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C2C

secondary

#5C4F4F

accent

#7373B4

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040505

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C2C

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

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