#05231E#05231E

#05231E is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.037 H 179.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05231E
RGB	rgb(5, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(170, 75%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(170, 86%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 0%, 14.3%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.47, -12.71, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.47, 12.71, 179.56°)
OKLab	oklab(23.22% -0.0368 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(23.22% 0.037 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.8979, 1.3280, 1.4370)
Luminance	0.0133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05231E #23050A

analogous

#05230F #05231E #051923

triadic

#05231E #1E0523 #231E05

tetradic

#05231E #0F0523 #23050A #192305

square

#05231E #0F0523 #23050A #192305

split-complementary

#05231E #230519 #230F05

monochromatic

#041B17 #041B17 #05231E #0D594C #148E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.59

#05231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#05231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05231E

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05231E	1.00	16.59	1.27	16.59
#FFFFFF	16.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D1D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002421

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.037 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#495e59',
    500: '#05231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05231e;
$custom-light: #495e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 7.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2322,
    "c": 0.03677,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05231E

secondary

#641F2B

accent

#3655F2

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #05231E

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

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