#05251F#05251F

#05251F is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.039 H 178.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05251F
RGB	rgb(5, 37, 31)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(169, 86%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.5%, 0%, 16.2%, 85.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.31, -13.54, 0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.31, 13.55, 177.46°)
OKLab	oklab(23.92% -0.0389 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(23.92% 0.039 178)
XYZ	xyz(0.9714, 1.4542, 1.5256)
Luminance	0.0145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05251F #25050B

analogous

#05250F #05251F #051B25

triadic

#05251F #1F0525 #251F05

tetradic

#05251F #0F0525 #25050B #1B2505

square

#05251F #0F0525 #25050B #1B2505

split-complementary

#05251F #25051B #250F05

monochromatic

#041B17 #041B17 #05251F #0C5B4C #149179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.27

#05251F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#05251F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05251F

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05251F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05251F	1.00	16.27	1.29	16.27
#FFFFFF	16.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002623

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05251f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 37, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.039 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4a5f5a',
    500: '#05251f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05251f;
$custom-light: #4a5f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05251f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 8.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2392,
    "c": 0.03889,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.01454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05251F

secondary

#671F2D

accent

#3559F3

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#010403

muted

#777978

Preview Lab

Preview with #05251F

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

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