#040935#040935

#040935 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.5% C 0.085 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040935
RGB	rgb(4, 9, 53)
HSL	hsl(234, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(234, 92%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.5%, 83%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.32, 13.75, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.32, 31.25, 296.11°)
OKLab	oklab(17.54% -0.0025 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(17.54% 0.085 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(0.7901, 0.4781, 3.4181)
Luminance	0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040935 #353004

analogous

#042135 #040935 #170435

triadic

#040935 #350409 #093504

tetradic

#040935 #350421 #353004 #043517

square

#040935 #350421 #353004 #043517

split-complementary

#040935 #351704 #213504

monochromatic

#02051C #02051C #040935 #08136E #0D1CA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.17

#040935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#040935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040935

19.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040935	1.00	19.17	1.10	19.17
#FFFFFF	19.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 9, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.5% 0.085 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c4a6d',
    500: '#040935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040935;
$custom-light: #4c4a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.878,
    "s": 85.965,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1754,
    "c": 0.08522,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040935

secondary

#776E1E

accent

#E72CFC

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #040935

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

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