#040835#040835

#040835 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.3% C 0.087 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040835
RGB	rgb(4, 8, 53)
HSL	hsl(235, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(235, 92%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.5%, 84.9%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.12, 14.15, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.12, 31.71, 296.51°)
OKLab	oklab(17.32% -0.002 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(17.32% 0.087 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.7793, 0.4564, 3.4145)
Luminance	0.0046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040835 #353104

analogous

#042035 #040835 #180435

triadic

#040835 #350408 #083504

tetradic

#040835 #350420 #353104 #043518

square

#040835 #350420 #353104 #043518

split-complementary

#040835 #351804 #203504

monochromatic

#02041C #02041C #040835 #08116E #0D19A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.24

#040835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#040835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040835

19.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040835	1.00	19.24	1.09	19.24
#FFFFFF	19.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00151D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0E0E0E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 8, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.3% 0.087 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c4a6d',
    500: '#040835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040835;
$custom-light: #4c4a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.102,
    "s": 85.965,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17324,
    "c": 0.08664,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040835

secondary

#77701E

accent

#EB2CFC

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #040835

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

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