#283233#283233

#283233 is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.014 H 203.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283233
RGB	rgb(40, 50, 51)
HSL	hsl(185, 12%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(185, 22%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 2%, 0%, 80%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, -3.96, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 4.46, 207.38°)
OKLab	oklab(30.82% -0.0125 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(30.82% 0.014 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.6131, 2.9713, 3.5672)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283233 #332928

analogous

#28332E #283233 #282C33

triadic

#283233 #332832 #323328

tetradic

#283233 #2E2833 #332928 #2C3328

square

#283233 #2E2833 #332928 #2C3328

split-complementary

#283233 #33282C #332E28

monochromatic

#0D1111 #0D1111 #283233 #435455 #5E7578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#283233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#283233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283233

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283233	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 50, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.014 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62696a',
    500: '#283233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283233;
$custom-light: #62696a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 12.088,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30822,
    "c": 0.01373,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283233

secondary

#635554

accent

#7973B5

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#EAEBEB

border

#C6C6C6

text

#050606

muted

#797A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #283233

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

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