#05252B#05252B

#05252B is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.038 H 212.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05252B
RGB	rgb(5, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(189, 88%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.4%, 14%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.80, -9.00, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.80, 11.62, 219.20°)
OKLab	oklab(24.47% -0.032 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(24.47% 0.038 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1600, 1.5297, 2.5192)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05252B #2B0B05

analogous

#052B1E #05252B #05122B

triadic

#05252B #2B0525 #252B05

tetradic

#05252B #1E052B #2B0B05 #122B05

square

#05252B #1E052B #2B0B05 #122B05

split-complementary

#05252B #2B0512 #2B1E05

monochromatic

#03181B #03181B #05252B #0B5462 #128399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.08

#05252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#05252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05252B

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05252B	1.00	16.08	1.31	16.08
#FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20232B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.038 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b5f64',
    500: '#05252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05252b;
$custom-light: #4b5f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2447,
    "c": 0.03797,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05252B

secondary

#6D2B1F

accent

#5132F6

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#777979

Preview Lab

Preview with #05252B

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

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