#05232A#05232A

#05232A is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.037 H 216.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05232A
RGB	rgb(5, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(191, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.97, -8.09, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.97, 11.30, 224.26°)
OKLab	oklab(23.79% -0.0299 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(23.79% 0.037 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.0814, 1.4014, 2.4035)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05232A #2A0C05

analogous

#052A1F #05232A #05112A

triadic

#05232A #2A0523 #232A05

tetradic

#05232A #1F052A #2A0C05 #112A05

square

#05232A #1F052A #2A0C05 #112A05

split-complementary

#05232A #2A0511 #2A1F05

monochromatic

#03171B #03171B #05232A #0C5161 #127E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.40

#05232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#05232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05232A

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05232A	1.00	16.40	1.28	16.40
#FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E222A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002625

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.037 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b5d63',
    500: '#05232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05232a;
$custom-light: #4b5d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23787,
    "c": 0.03716,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05232A

secondary

#6C2E1F

accent

#5733F5

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #05232A

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

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