#05251D#05251D

#05251D is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.040 H 173.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05251D
RGB	rgb(5, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(165, 76%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(165, 86%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.5%, 0%, 21.6%, 85.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.25, -14.21, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.25, 14.34, 172.19°)
OKLab	oklab(23.84% -0.0401 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(23.84% 0.04 173)
XYZ	xyz(0.9458, 1.4440, 1.3910)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05251D #25050D

analogous

#05250D #05251D #051D25

triadic

#05251D #1D0525 #251D05

tetradic

#05251D #0D0525 #25050D #1D2505

square

#05251D #0D0525 #25050D #1D2505

split-complementary

#05251D #25051D #250D05

monochromatic

#041B15 #041B15 #05251D #0C5B47 #149172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.29

#05251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#05251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05251D

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05251D	1.00	16.29	1.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002523

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.040 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4a5f58',
    500: '#05251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05251d;
$custom-light: #4a5f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 8.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23843,
    "c": 0.0404,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.01444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05251D

secondary

#671F31

accent

#3564F3

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #05251D

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

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