#232E36#232E36

#232E36 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.021 H 240.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E36
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(205, 21%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, -2.33, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 7.04, 250.67°)
OKLab	oklab(29.44% -0.0105 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(29.44% 0.021 240)
XYZ	xyz(2.3358, 2.5776, 3.8638)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E36 #362B23

analogous

#233634 #232E36 #232536

triadic

#232E36 #36232E #2E3623

tetradic

#232E36 #342336 #362B23 #253623

square

#232E36 #342336 #362B23 #253623

split-complementary

#232E36 #362325 #363423

monochromatic

#0C1013 #0C1013 #232E36 #3B4E5B #536D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#232E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#232E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E36

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E36	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D3031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.021 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e666d',
    500: '#232e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e36;
$custom-light: #5e666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 21.348,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29444,
    "c": 0.02101,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.02578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E36

secondary

#68584D

accent

#8D6ABE

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E36

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

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