#040836#040836

#040836 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.5% C 0.088 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040836
RGB	rgb(4, 8, 54)
HSL	hsl(235, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(235, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.6%, 85.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.21, 14.74, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.21, 32.51, 296.97°)
OKLab	oklab(17.46% -0.0022 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(17.46% 0.088 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.8025, 0.4657, 3.5369)
Luminance	0.0047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040836 #363204

analogous

#042136 #040836 #190436

triadic

#040836 #360408 #083604

tetradic

#040836 #360421 #363204 #043619

square

#040836 #360421 #363204 #043619

split-complementary

#040836 #361904 #213604

monochromatic

#02041C #02041C #040836 #08106F #0C19A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.21

#040836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#040836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040836

19.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040836	1.00	19.21	1.09	19.21
#FFFFFF	19.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 8, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.5% 0.088 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d496d',
    500: '#040836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040836;
$custom-light: #4d496d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17455,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040836

secondary

#78711E

accent

#EC2BFC

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #040836

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

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