#040532#040532

#040532 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.2% C 0.087 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040532
RGB	rgb(4, 5, 50)
HSL	hsl(239, 85%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(239, 92%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(92%, 90%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.29, 13.66, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.29, 30.69, 296.42°)
OKLab	oklab(16.22% 0.0002 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(16.22% 0.087 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.6799, 0.3646, 3.0515)
Luminance	0.0037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040532 #323104

analogous

#041C32 #040532 #1A0432

triadic

#040532 #320405 #053204

tetradic

#040532 #32041C #323104 #04321A

square

#040532 #32041C #323104 #04321A

split-complementary

#040532 #321A04 #1C3204

monochromatic

#02031C #02031C #040532 #090B6B #0D10A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.57

#040532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.07

#040532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040532

19.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040532	1.00	19.57	1.07	19.57
#FFFFFF	19.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 5, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.2% 0.087 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b486a',
    500: '#040532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040532;
$custom-light: #4b486a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.696,
    "s": 85.185,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16217,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040532

secondary

#74721D

accent

#F72CFB

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E6EB

border

#C3C2C6

text

#010006

muted

#77777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #040532

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

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