#05251B#05251B

#05251B is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.042 H 168.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05251B
RGB	rgb(5, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(161, 76%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(161, 86%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.5%, 0%, 27%, 85.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.18, -14.85, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.18, 15.22, 167.49°)
OKLab	oklab(23.77% -0.0413 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(23.77% 0.042 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.9219, 1.4344, 1.2650)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05251B #25050F

analogous

#05250B #05251B #051F25

triadic

#05251B #1B0525 #251B05

tetradic

#05251B #0B0525 #25050F #1F2505

square

#05251B #0B0525 #25050F #1F2505

split-complementary

#05251B #25051F #250B05

monochromatic

#041B14 #041B14 #05251B #0C5B42 #14916A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.32

#05251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#05251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05251B

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05251B	1.00	16.32	1.29	16.32
#FFFFFF	16.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24221A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002522

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.042 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#495f57',
    500: '#05251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05251b;
$custom-light: #495f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 8.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23771,
    "c": 0.04219,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05251B

secondary

#671F36

accent

#3570F3

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #05251B

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

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