#050740#050740

#050740 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.7% C 0.104 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050740
RGB	rgb(5, 7, 64)
HSL	hsl(238, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(238, 92%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.2%, 89.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.01, 21.29, -34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.01, 40.90, 301.37°)
OKLab	oklab(18.7% -0.0018 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(18.7% 0.104 269)
XYZ	xyz(1.0637, 0.5543, 4.9004)
Luminance	0.0055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050740 #403E05

analogous

#052440 #050740 #200540

triadic

#050740 #400507 #074005

tetradic

#050740 #400524 #403E05 #054020

square

#050740 #400524 #403E05 #054020

split-complementary

#050740 #402005 #244005

monochromatic

#02031C #02031C #050740 #090D79 #0E13B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.91

#050740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#050740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050740

18.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050740	1.00	18.91	1.11	18.91
#FFFFFF	18.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001923

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 7, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.7% 0.104 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524876',
    500: '#050740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050740;
$custom-light: #524876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.966,
    "s": 85.507,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18696,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.00554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050740

secondary

#817D20

accent

#F52CFC

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E8E6ED

border

#C4C2C8

text

#030008

muted

#78777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #050740

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

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