#040E26#040E26

#040E26 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.1% C 0.052 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040E26
RGB	rgb(4, 14, 38)
HSL	hsl(222, 81%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(222, 89%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 85.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.33, 4.13, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.33, 17.29, 283.82°)
OKLab	oklab(17.06% -0.0066 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(17.06% 0.052 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.5568, 0.4798, 1.8966)
Luminance	0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040E26 #261C04

analogous

#041F26 #040E26 #0B0426

triadic

#040E26 #26040E #0E2604

tetradic

#040E26 #26041F #261C04 #04260B

square

#040E26 #26041F #261C04 #04260B

split-complementary

#040E26 #260B04 #1F2604

monochromatic

#030A1C #030A1C #040E26 #0A225D #103795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.16

#040E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#040E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040E26

19.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040E26	1.00	19.16	1.10	19.16
#FFFFFF	19.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#031127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001418

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 14, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.1% 0.052 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#484d60',
    500: '#040e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040e26;
$custom-light: #484d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 80.952,
    "l": 8.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17063,
    "c": 0.05245,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040E26

secondary

#69531D

accent

#BD30F7

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#010105

muted

#777779

Preview Lab

Preview with #040E26

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

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