#232E2B#232E2B

#232E2B is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.016 H 176.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E2B
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(164, 14%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(164, 24%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.85, -5.48, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.85, 5.50, 176.02°)
OKLab	oklab(28.98% -0.016 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(28.98% 0.016 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.1061, 2.4857, 2.6538)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E2B #2E2326

analogous

#232E25 #232E2B #232B2E

triadic

#232E2B #2B232E #2E2B23

tetradic

#232E2B #25232E #2E2326 #2B2E23

square

#232E2B #25232E #2E2326 #2B2E23

split-complementary

#232E2B #2E232B #2E2523

monochromatic

#0D1110 #0D1110 #232E2B #3D514B #58746C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#232E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#232E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E2B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E2B	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.016 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6664',
    500: '#232e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e2b;
$custom-light: #5e6664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28981,
    "c": 0.01604,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E2B

secondary

#5F4E53

accent

#7184B6

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#E9EBEA

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040605

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E2B

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

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