#231E17

Closest named color: Jet (#212529). oklch(23.8% 0.015 76.2), rgb(35, 30, 23).

White text reads best on this color (16.54:1).

About this color

#231E17 is a very dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 24%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Jet (#212529), ΔE 0.034 away. White text reads best on it, at 16.54:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very dark (24%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Jet (#212529)
Black text	1.26:1
White text	16.54:1

Values

HEX	#231E17
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 21%, 11%)
OKLCH	oklch(23.8% 0.015 76.2)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #231E17	16.54:1	AAA	Lc -105.9	Preferred for body text
Black text on #231E17	1.26:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#231E17 text on white	16.54:1	AAA	Lc 103.5	Preferred for body text
#231E17 text on black	1.26:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 950.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F4

oklch(97.1% 0.002 67.8)
Step 100
100

#ECE9E6

oklch(93.6% 0.005 67.8)
Step 200
200

#DDD8D2

oklch(88.5% 0.01 72.7)
Step 300
300

#C7BFB4

oklch(80.8% 0.018 76.1)
Step 400
400

#AB9F8D

oklch(70.8% 0.029 78.1)
Step 500
500

#968771

oklch(63.1% 0.037 77.4)
Step 600
600

#81715A

oklch(55.7% 0.039 76.7)
Step 700
700

#6D5E49

oklch(49.1% 0.037 76)
Step 800
800

#594D3C

oklch(42.7% 0.031 76.3)
Step 900
900

#494034

oklch(37.7% 0.023 74.9)
Step 950
950 (this color)

#231E17

oklch(23.8% 0.015 76.2)

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#231E17 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#201E17	0.006
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#211F17	0.005
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#251D1C	0.012
Achromatopsia (no color)	#1F1F1F	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #231E17, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #231E17 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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