#040936#040936

#040936 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.7% C 0.087 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040936
RGB	rgb(4, 9, 54)
HSL	hsl(234, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(234, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.40, 14.34, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.40, 32.05, 296.59°)
OKLab	oklab(17.67% -0.0027 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(17.67% 0.087 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.8134, 0.4874, 3.5405)
Luminance	0.0049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040936 #363104

analogous

#042236 #040936 #180436

triadic

#040936 #360409 #093604

tetradic

#040936 #360422 #363104 #043618

square

#040936 #360422 #363104 #043618

split-complementary

#040936 #361804 #223604

monochromatic

#02051C #02051C #040936 #08126F #0C1CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.13

#040936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#040936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040936

19.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040936	1.00	19.13	1.10	19.13
#FFFFFF	19.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00161E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 9, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.7% 0.087 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d4a6d',
    500: '#040936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040936;
$custom-light: #4d4a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17668,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040936

secondary

#786F1E

accent

#E82BFC

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #040936

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

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