#050536#050536

#050536 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.9% C 0.092 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050536
RGB	rgb(5, 5, 54)
HSL	hsl(240, 83%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(240, 91%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.7%, 90.7%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.68, 16.20, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.68, 33.94, 298.51°)
OKLab	oklab(16.88% 0.0013 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(16.88% 0.092 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.7825, 0.4071, 3.5266)
Luminance	0.0041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050536 #363605

analogous

#051E36 #050536 #1E0536

triadic

#050536 #360505 #053605

tetradic

#050536 #36051E #363605 #05361E

square

#050536 #36051E #363605 #05361E

split-complementary

#050536 #361E05 #1E3605

monochromatic

#03031C #03031C #050536 #0A0A6E #0F0FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.42

#050536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#050536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050536

19.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050536	1.00	19.42	1.08	19.42
#FFFFFF	19.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00131D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0D0D0D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 5, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.9% 0.092 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d486d',
    500: '#050536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050536;
$custom-light: #4d486d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 83.051,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16879,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050536

secondary

#777720

accent

#F92EF9

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E6EC

border

#C3C2C7

text

#020007

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050536

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

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