#232E38#232E38

#232E38 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.024 H 246.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232E38
RGB	rgb(35, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(209, 23%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(209, 38%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.35, -1.71, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.35, 8.08, 257.80°)
OKLab	oklab(29.54% -0.0096 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(29.54% 0.024 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.3837, 2.5967, 4.1162)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232E38 #382D23

analogous

#233837 #232E38 #232338

triadic

#232E38 #38232E #2E3823

tetradic

#232E38 #372338 #382D23 #233823

square

#232E38 #372338 #382D23 #233823

split-complementary

#232E38 #382323 #383723

monochromatic

#0C0F13 #0C0F13 #232E38 #3B4D5E #526C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#232E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#232E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232E38

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232E38	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.024 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e666e',
    500: '#232e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232e38;
$custom-light: #5e666e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29539,
    "c": 0.02372,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232E38

secondary

#6A5B4D

accent

#9268C0

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#040607

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #232E38

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

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