#232E2E#232E2E

#232E2E is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.015 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E2E
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(180, 14%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(180, 24%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 0%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, -4.67, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 4.92, 198.38°)
OKLab	oklab(29.1% -0.0144 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(29.1% 0.015 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.1631, 2.5085, 2.9545)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E2E #2E2323

analogous

#232E28 #232E2E #23282E

triadic

#232E2E #2E232E #2E2E23

tetradic

#232E2E #28232E #2E2323 #282E23

square

#232E2E #28232E #2E2323 #282E23

split-complementary

#232E2E #2E2328 #2E2823

monochromatic

#0D1111 #0D1111 #232E2E #3D5151 #587474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#232E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#232E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E2E

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E2E	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#202F2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.015 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6666',
    500: '#232e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e2e;
$custom-light: #5e6666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 13.58,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29097,
    "c": 0.01505,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E2E

secondary

#5F4E4E

accent

#7171B6

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E2E

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

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