#052B40#052B40

#052B40 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.056 H 238.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#052B40
RGB	rgb(5, 43, 64)
HSL	hsl(201, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(201, 92%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.2%, 32.8%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.16, -4.07, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.16, 17.43, 256.51°)
OKLab	oklab(27.52% -0.0295 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(27.52% 0.056 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8515, 2.1300, 5.1630)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#052B40 #401A05

analogous

#054037 #052B40 #050D40

triadic

#052B40 #40052B #2B4005

tetradic

#052B40 #370540 #401A05 #0D4005

square

#052B40 #370540 #401A05 #0D4005

split-complementary

#052B40 #40050D #403705

monochromatic

#02131C #02131C #052B40 #095179 #0E77B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#052B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#052B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #052B40

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##052B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##052B40	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #052b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 43, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.056 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#516475',
    500: '#052b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #052b40;
$custom-light: #516475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#052b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.356,
    "s": 85.507,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27518,
    "c": 0.05633,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#052B40

secondary

#814320

accent

#762CFC

background

#F4F5F7

surface

#E7EAED

border

#C3C6C8

text

#020508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #052B40

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

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