#053837#053837

#053837 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.050 H 192.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#053837
RGB	rgb(5, 56, 55)
HSL	hsl(179, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(179, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, -15.92, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 16.41, 194.07°)
OKLab	oklab(30.94% -0.0489 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(30.94% 0.05 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.1660, 3.1362, 4.1049)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#053837 #380506

analogous

#05381E #053837 #052038

triadic

#053837 #370538 #383705

tetradic

#053837 #1E0538 #380506 #203805

square

#053837 #1E0538 #380506 #203805

split-complementary

#053837 #380520 #381E05

monochromatic

#031C1C #031C1C #053837 #0A706E #0FA8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#053837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#053837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #053837

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##053837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##053837	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #053837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 56, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.050 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#516f6d',
    500: '#053837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #053837;
$custom-light: #516f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#053837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30942,
    "c": 0.05013,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#053837

secondary

#792021

accent

#2E32FA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7ECEB

border

#C3C7C6

text

#020707

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #053837

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

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