#05041E#05041E

#05041E is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 13.4% C 0.057 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#05041E
RGB	rgb(5, 4, 30)
HSL	hsl(242, 76%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(242, 87%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.92, 5.65, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.92, 15.31, 291.67°)
OKLab	oklab(13.38% 0.008 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(13.38% 0.057 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.3403, 0.2128, 1.2512)
Luminance	0.0021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 9.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#05041E #1D1E04

analogous

#04101E #05041E #12041E

triadic

#05041E #1E0504 #041E05

tetradic

#05041E #1E0410 #1D1E04 #041E12

square

#05041E #1E0410 #1D1E04 #041E12

split-complementary

#05041E #1E1204 #101E04

monochromatic

#05041B #05041B #05041E #0E0B54 #17128A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.14

#05041E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.04

#05041E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #05041E

20.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##05041E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##05041E	1.00	20.14	1.04	20.14
#FFFFFF	20.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00081F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00061D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#000A0F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#070707

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #05041e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 4, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(13.4% 0.057 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#484859',
    500: '#05041e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #05041e;
$custom-light: #484859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#05041e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 6.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.13375,
    "c": 0.05653,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#05041E

secondary

#5E611D

accent

#F335EC

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E6E6E9

border

#C2C2C5

text

#000003

muted

#777778

Preview Lab

Preview with #05041E

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

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