#040822#040822

#040822 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.003; OKLCH L 15.0% C 0.055 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040822
RGB	rgb(4, 8, 34)
HSL	hsl(232, 79%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(232, 88%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.2%, 76.5%, 0%, 86.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(2.84, 5.17, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(2.84, 16.81, 287.91°)
OKLab	oklab(15.01% -0.0005 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(15.01% 0.055 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.4255, 0.3149, 1.5514)
Luminance	0.0032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040822 #221E04

analogous

#041722 #040822 #0F0422

triadic

#040822 #220408 #082204

tetradic

#040822 #220417 #221E04 #04220F

square

#040822 #220417 #221E04 #04220F

split-complementary

#040822 #220F04 #172204

monochromatic

#03061B #03061B #040822 #0A1559 #112290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.76

#040822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.06

#040822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040822

19.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040822	1.00	19.76	1.06	19.76
#FFFFFF	19.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#000E13

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0A0A0A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 8, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.0% 0.055 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#484a5d',
    500: '#040822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040822;
$custom-light: #484a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 7.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.15008,
    "c": 0.05527,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040822

secondary

#655B1D

accent

#DB32F5

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E6E7E9

border

#C2C3C5

text

#000104

muted

#777779

Preview Lab

Preview with #040822

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

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