#053838#053838

#053838 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.050 H 194.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#053838
RGB	rgb(5, 56, 56)
HSL	hsl(180, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(180, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 0%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.62, -15.56, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.62, 16.23, 196.52°)
OKLab	oklab(30.99% -0.0483 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(30.99% 0.05 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1902, 3.1459, 4.2324)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#053838 #380505

analogous

#05381F #053838 #051F38

triadic

#053838 #380538 #383805

tetradic

#053838 #1F0538 #380505 #1F3805

square

#053838 #1F0538 #380505 #1F3805

split-complementary

#053838 #38051F #381F05

monochromatic

#031C1C #031C1C #053838 #0A7070 #0FA8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#053838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#053838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #053838

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##053838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##053838	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #053838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 56, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.050 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#516f6e',
    500: '#053838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #053838;
$custom-light: #516f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#053838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30986,
    "c": 0.05001,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#053838

secondary

#792020

accent

#2E2EFA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7ECEB

border

#C3C7C6

text

#020707

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #053838

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

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