#05231C#05231C

#05231C is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.038 H 174.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05231C
RGB	rgb(5, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(166, 75%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(166, 86%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 0%, 20%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.40, -13.39, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.40, 13.47, 173.81°)
OKLab	oklab(23.14% -0.038 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(23.14% 0.038 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.8731, 1.3181, 1.3068)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05231C #23050C

analogous

#05230D #05231C #051B23

triadic

#05231C #1C0523 #231C05

tetradic

#05231C #0D0523 #23050C #1B2305

square

#05231C #0D0523 #23050C #1B2305

split-complementary

#05231C #23051B #230D05

monochromatic

#041B15 #041B15 #05231C #0D5947 #148E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.62

#05231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#05231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05231C

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05231C	1.00	16.62	1.26	16.62
#FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D1D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002421

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.038 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#495e57',
    500: '#05231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05231c;
$custom-light: #495e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 7.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23141,
    "c": 0.03817,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05231C

secondary

#641F2F

accent

#3662F2

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #05231C

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

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