#050836#050836

#050836 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.5% C 0.088 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050836
RGB	rgb(5, 8, 54)
HSL	hsl(236, 83%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(236, 91%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.7%, 85.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.27, 15.00, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.27, 32.54, 297.45°)
OKLab	oklab(17.54% -0.0003 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(17.54% 0.088 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.8150, 0.4722, 3.5375)
Luminance	0.0047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050836 #363305

analogous

#052136 #050836 #1B0536

triadic

#050836 #360508 #083605

tetradic

#050836 #360521 #363305 #05361B

square

#050836 #360521 #363305 #05361B

split-complementary

#050836 #361B05 #213605

monochromatic

#03041C #03041C #050836 #0A106E #0F19A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.19

#050836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#050836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050836

19.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050836	1.00	19.19	1.09	19.19
#FFFFFF	19.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 8, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.5% 0.088 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d496d',
    500: '#050836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050836;
$custom-light: #4d496d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.327,
    "s": 83.051,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17544,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050836

secondary

#777220

accent

#ED2EF9

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050836

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

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