#050520#050520

#050520 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 14.0% C 0.057 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050520
RGB	rgb(5, 5, 32)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(240, 84%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(2.21, 5.92, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(2.21, 16.48, 291.06°)
OKLab	oklab(13.97% 0.006 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(13.97% 0.057 276)
XYZ	xyz(0.3775, 0.2451, 1.3936)
Luminance	0.0024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.37

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050520 #202005

analogous

#051320 #050520 #130520

triadic

#050520 #200505 #052005

tetradic

#050520 #200513 #202005 #052013

square

#050520 #200513 #202005 #052013

split-complementary

#050520 #201305 #132005

monochromatic

#04041A #04041A #050520 #0D0D55 #16168A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.02

#050520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.05

#050520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050520

20.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050520	1.00	20.02	1.05	20.02
#FFFFFF	20.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00071F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#000B11

Achromatopsia (no color)

#080808

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 5, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(14.0% 0.057 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#48495b',
    500: '#050520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050520;
$custom-light: #48495b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 7.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.13968,
    "c": 0.05748,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.00245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050520

secondary

#616120

accent

#F038F0

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E6E6E9

border

#C2C2C5

text

#000004

muted

#777779

Preview Lab

Preview with #050520

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

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