#053538#053538

#053538 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.048 H 201.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#053538
RGB	rgb(5, 53, 56)
HSL	hsl(184, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(184, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.49, -13.81, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.49, 15.18, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(30.07% -0.0448 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(30.07% 0.048 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.0492, 2.8637, 4.1854)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#053538 #380805

analogous

#053822 #053538 #051C38

triadic

#053538 #380535 #353805

tetradic

#053538 #220538 #380805 #1C3805

square

#053538 #220538 #380805 #1C3805

split-complementary

#053538 #38051C #382205

monochromatic

#031B1C #031B1C #053538 #0A6A70 #0F9FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#053538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#053538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #053538

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##053538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##053538	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #053538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 53, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.048 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#506c6e',
    500: '#053538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #053538;
$custom-light: #506c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#053538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30069,
    "c": 0.04808,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#053538

secondary

#792520

accent

#3A2EFA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7EBEB

border

#C3C6C6

text

#020707

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #053538

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

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