#05252A#05252A

#05252A is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.037 H 209.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05252A
RGB	rgb(5, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(188, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.75, -9.41, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.75, 11.54, 215.43°)
OKLab	oklab(24.42% -0.0325 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(24.42% 0.037 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.1419, 1.5224, 2.4237)
Luminance	0.0152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05252A #2A0A05

analogous

#052A1D #05252A #05132A

triadic

#05252A #2A0525 #252A05

tetradic

#05252A #1D052A #2A0A05 #132A05

square

#05252A #1D052A #2A0A05 #132A05

split-complementary

#05252A #2A0513 #2A1D05

monochromatic

#03181B #03181B #05252A #0C5561 #128597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.10

#05252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#05252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05252A

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05252A	1.00	16.10	1.30	16.10
#FFFFFF	16.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21232A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.037 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b5f63',
    500: '#05252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05252a;
$custom-light: #4b5f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24418,
    "c": 0.03747,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05252A

secondary

#6C291F

accent

#4D33F5

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #05252A

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

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