#05222A#05222A

#05222A is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.037 H 219.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05222A
RGB	rgb(5, 34, 42)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(193, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.1%, 19%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.58, -7.42, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.58, 11.27, 228.84°)
OKLab	oklab(23.47% -0.0287 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(23.47% 0.037 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.0524, 1.3434, 2.3939)
Luminance	0.0134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05222A #2A0D05

analogous

#052A20 #05222A #05102A

triadic

#05222A #2A0522 #222A05

tetradic

#05222A #20052A #2A0D05 #102A05

square

#05222A #20052A #2A0D05 #102A05

split-complementary

#05222A #2A0510 #2A2005

monochromatic

#03161B #03161B #05222A #0C4E61 #127B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.55

#05222A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#05222A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05222A

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05222A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05222A	1.00	16.55	1.27	16.55
#FFFFFF	16.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D212A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05222a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 34, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.037 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b5d63',
    500: '#05222a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05222a;
$custom-light: #4b5d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05222a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23472,
    "c": 0.03719,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05222A

secondary

#6C301F

accent

#5D33F5

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #05222A

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

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