#050837#050837

#050837 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.7% C 0.089 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050837
RGB	rgb(5, 8, 55)
HSL	hsl(236, 83%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(236, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 85.5%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.35, 15.61, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.35, 33.35, 297.90°)
OKLab	oklab(17.68% -0.0005 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(17.68% 0.089 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.8388, 0.4817, 3.6625)
Luminance	0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Dark Navy

#000435

ΔE00 1.16

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050837 #373405

analogous

#052137 #050837 #1B0537

triadic

#050837 #370508 #083705

tetradic

#050837 #370521 #373405 #05371B

square

#050837 #370521 #373405 #05371B

split-complementary

#050837 #371B05 #213705

monochromatic

#03041C #03041C #050837 #0A106F #0F18A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.15

#050837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#050837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050837

19.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050837	1.00	19.15	1.10	19.15
#FFFFFF	19.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00161E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 8, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.7% 0.089 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e496e',
    500: '#050837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050837;
$custom-light: #4e496e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.4,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17675,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050837

secondary

#787320

accent

#ED2EFA

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050837

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

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