#05252C#05252C

#05252C is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.039 H 215.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05252C
RGB	rgb(5, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(191, 89%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.84, -8.59, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.84, 11.73, 222.93°)
OKLab	oklab(24.52% -0.0315 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(24.52% 0.039 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.1786, 1.5371, 2.6170)
Luminance	0.0154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05252C #2C0C05

analogous

#052C20 #05252C #05122C

triadic

#05252C #2C0525 #252C05

tetradic

#05252C #20052C #2C0C05 #122C05

square

#05252C #20052C #2C0C05 #122C05

split-complementary

#05252C #2C0512 #2C2005

monochromatic

#03171B #03171B #05252C #0B5363 #11819A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.06

#05252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#05252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05252C

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05252C	1.00	16.06	1.31	16.06
#FFFFFF	16.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20232C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.039 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c5f65',
    500: '#05252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05252c;
$custom-light: #4c5f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 79.592,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24523,
    "c": 0.03856,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05252C

secondary

#6E2D1F

accent

#5532F6

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010405

muted

#77797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #05252C

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

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