#05251E#05251E

#05251E is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.040 H 175.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05251E
RGB	rgb(5, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(167, 76%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(167, 86%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.5%, 0%, 18.9%, 85.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.28, -13.88, 1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.28, 13.93, 174.75°)
OKLab	oklab(23.88% -0.0395 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(23.88% 0.04 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.9584, 1.4490, 1.4572)
Luminance	0.0145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05251E #25050C

analogous

#05250E #05251E #051C25

triadic

#05251E #1E0525 #251E05

tetradic

#05251E #0E0525 #25050C #1C2505

square

#05251E #0E0525 #25050C #1C2505

split-complementary

#05251E #25051C #250E05

monochromatic

#041B16 #041B16 #05251E #0C5B4A #149175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.28

#05251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#05251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05251E

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05251E	1.00	16.28	1.29	16.28
#FFFFFF	16.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002623

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.040 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4a5f59',
    500: '#05251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05251e;
$custom-light: #4a5f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 8.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23881,
    "c": 0.03961,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05251E

secondary

#671F2F

accent

#355FF3

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #05251E

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

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