#232C2F#232C2F

#232C2F is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.014 H 220.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232C2F
RGB	rgb(35, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(195, 15%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(195, 26%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.29, -3.04, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.29, 4.44, 226.73°)
OKLab	oklab(28.58% -0.0105 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(28.58% 0.014 220)
XYZ	xyz(2.1068, 2.3639, 3.0340)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232C2F #2F2623

analogous

#232F2C #232C2F #23262F

triadic

#232C2F #2F232C #2C2F23

tetradic

#232C2F #2C232F #2F2623 #262F23

square

#232C2F #2C232F #2F2623 #262F23

split-complementary

#232C2F #2F2326 #2F2C23

monochromatic

#0D1012 #0D1012 #232C2F #3D4D52 #576E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#232C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#232C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232C2F

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232C2F	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202D2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.014 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6567',
    500: '#232c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232c2f;
$custom-light: #5e6567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 14.634,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28582,
    "c": 0.01366,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.02364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232C2F

secondary

#60524E

accent

#8270B7

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040506

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232C2F

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

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