#053937#053937

#053937 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.051 H 190.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#053937
RGB	rgb(5, 57, 55)
HSL	hsl(178, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(178, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.96, -16.48, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.96, 16.84, 191.75°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% -0.0501 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.051 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.2150, 3.2341, 4.1212)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#053937 #390507

analogous

#05391D #053937 #052139

triadic

#053937 #370539 #393705

tetradic

#053937 #1D0539 #390507 #213905

square

#053937 #1D0539 #390507 #213905

split-complementary

#053937 #390521 #391D05

monochromatic

#021C1B #021C1B #053937 #0A716D #0FAAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#053937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#053937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #053937

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##053937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##053937	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #053937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 57, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.051 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#516f6d',
    500: '#053937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #053937;
$custom-light: #516f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#053937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 83.871,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31249,
    "c": 0.05098,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#053937

secondary

#7A2023

accent

#2E36FA

background

#F4F6F6

surface

#E7ECEB

border

#C3C7C6

text

#020707

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #053937

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

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