#050516#050516

#050516 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 12.9% C 0.039 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050516
RGB	rgb(5, 5, 22)
HSL	hsl(240, 63%, 5%)
HSV	hsv(240, 77%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 91.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.79, 2.98, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.79, 8.64, 290.17°)
OKLab	oklab(12.86% 0.0064 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(12.86% 0.039 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.2616, 0.1987, 0.7835)
Luminance	0.0020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050516 #161605

analogous

#050D16 #050516 #0D0516

triadic

#050516 #160505 #051605

tetradic

#050516 #16050D #161605 #05160D

square

#050516 #16050D #161605 #05160D

split-complementary

#050516 #160D05 #0D1605

monochromatic

#060619 #060619 #060619 #101048 #1C1C7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.20

#050516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.04

#050516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050516

20.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050516	1.00	20.20	1.04	20.20
#FFFFFF	20.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#010717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01080B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#070707

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 5, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(12.9% 0.039 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#494952',
    500: '#050516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050516;
$custom-light: #494952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 5.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.12859,
    "c": 0.03902,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050516

secondary

#565621

accent

#E642E6

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E6E6E7

border

#C2C2C3

text

#000002

muted

#777778

Preview Lab

Preview with #050516

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

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