#05232C#05232C

#05232C is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.039 H 221.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05232C
RGB	rgb(5, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(194, 80%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(194, 89%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.06, -7.25, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.06, 11.70, 231.71°)
OKLab	oklab(23.9% -0.0289 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(23.9% 0.039 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1181, 1.4160, 2.5968)
Luminance	0.0142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05232C #2C0E05

analogous

#052C22 #05232C #05102C

triadic

#05232C #2C0523 #232C05

tetradic

#05232C #22052C #2C0E05 #102C05

square

#05232C #22052C #2C0E05 #102C05

split-complementary

#05232C #2C0510 #2C2205

monochromatic

#03161B #03161B #05232C #0B4F63 #117A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.37

#05232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#05232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05232C

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05232C	1.00	16.37	1.28	16.37
#FFFFFF	16.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E222C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002626

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.039 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b5d65',
    500: '#05232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05232c;
$custom-light: #4b5d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 79.592,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23897,
    "c": 0.03868,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05232C

secondary

#6E311F

accent

#5F32F6

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#77797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #05232C

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

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