#05252F#05252F

#05252F is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.041 H 222.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05252F
RGB	rgb(5, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(194, 89%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.99, -7.34, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.99, 12.34, 233.51°)
OKLab	oklab(24.69% -0.03 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(24.69% 0.041 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.2370, 1.5605, 2.9248)
Luminance	0.0156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05252F #2F0F05

analogous

#052F24 #05252F #05102F

triadic

#05252F #2F0525 #252F05

tetradic

#05252F #24052F #2F0F05 #102F05

square

#05252F #24052F #2F0F05 #102F05

split-complementary

#05252F #2F0510 #2F2405

monochromatic

#03161C #03161C #05252F #0B5166 #117C9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.00

#05252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#05252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05252F

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05252F	1.00	16.00	1.31	16.00
#FFFFFF	16.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F2430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19202F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.041 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c5f67',
    500: '#05252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05252f;
$custom-light: #4c5f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24688,
    "c": 0.04085,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05252F

secondary

#71331F

accent

#6031F7

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#010406

muted

#77797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #05252F

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

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