#050535#050535

#050535 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.7% C 0.091 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050535
RGB	rgb(5, 5, 53)
HSL	hsl(240, 83%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(240, 91%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.6%, 90.6%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.59, 15.61, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.59, 33.13, 298.11°)
OKLab	oklab(16.74% 0.0016 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(16.74% 0.091 271)
XYZ	xyz(0.7592, 0.3978, 3.4042)
Luminance	0.0040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050535 #353505

analogous

#051D35 #050535 #1D0535

triadic

#050535 #350505 #053505

tetradic

#050535 #35051D #353505 #05351D

square

#050535 #35051D #353505 #05351D

split-complementary

#050535 #351D05 #1D3505

monochromatic

#03031C #03031C #050535 #0A0A6D #1010A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.45

#050535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#050535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050535

19.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050535	1.00	19.45	1.08	19.45
#FFFFFF	19.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00131C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0D0D0D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 5, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.7% 0.091 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d486d',
    500: '#050535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050535;
$custom-light: #4d486d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 82.759,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16738,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.00398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050535

secondary

#767620

accent

#F92FF9

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E6EB

border

#C3C2C6

text

#020007

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050535

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

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