#05242E#05242E

#05242E is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.040 H 223.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05242E
RGB	rgb(5, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(195, 89%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.55, -7.08, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.55, 12.15, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(24.32% -0.0292 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(24.32% 0.04 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1864, 1.4911, 2.8095)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05242E #2E0F05

analogous

#052E23 #05242E #05102E

triadic

#05242E #2E0524 #242E05

tetradic

#05242E #23052E #2E0F05 #102E05

square

#05242E #23052E #2E0F05 #102E05

split-complementary

#05242E #2E0510 #2E2305

monochromatic

#03161C #03161C #05242E #0B4F65 #117A9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.18

#05242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#05242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05242E

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05242E	1.00	16.18	1.30	16.18
#FFFFFF	16.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E232F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.040 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c5e66',
    500: '#05242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05242e;
$custom-light: #4c5e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 80.392,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24321,
    "c": 0.04021,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05242E

secondary

#70331F

accent

#6131F7

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010406

muted

#77797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #05242E

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

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