#232C2E#232C2E

#232C2E is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.013 H 212.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C2E
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(191, 14%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(191, 24%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.25, -3.33, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.25, 4.22, 217.90°)
OKLab	oklab(28.54% -0.011 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(28.54% 0.013 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.0868, 2.3559, 2.9290)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C2E #2E2523

analogous

#232E2A #232C2E #23262E

triadic

#232C2E #2E232C #2C2E23

tetradic

#232C2E #2A232E #2E2523 #262E23

square

#232C2E #2A232E #2E2523 #262E23

split-complementary

#232C2E #2E2326 #2E2A23

monochromatic

#0D1111 #0D1111 #232C2E #3D4D51 #586E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#232C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#232C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C2E

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C2E	1.00	14.27	1.47	14.27
#FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.013 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6566',
    500: '#232c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c2e;
$custom-light: #5e6566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2854,
    "c": 0.01302,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C2E

secondary

#5F514E

accent

#7E71B6

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040506

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C2E

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

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