#050838#050838

#050838 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.8% C 0.091 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050838
RGB	rgb(5, 8, 56)
HSL	hsl(236, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(236, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 85.7%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.44, 16.21, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.44, 34.16, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(17.81% -0.0006 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(17.81% 0.091 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.8630, 0.4914, 3.7900)
Luminance	0.0049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050838 #383505

analogous

#052238 #050838 #1C0538

triadic

#050838 #380508 #083805

tetradic

#050838 #380522 #383505 #05381C

square

#050838 #380522 #383505 #05381C

split-complementary

#050838 #381C05 #223805

monochromatic

#03041C #03041C #050838 #0A1070 #0F18A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.12

#050838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#050838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050838

19.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050838	1.00	19.12	1.10	19.12
#FFFFFF	19.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00161F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 8, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.8% 0.091 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e496f',
    500: '#050838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050838;
$custom-light: #4e496f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17806,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050838

secondary

#797420

accent

#EE2EFA

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E6EC

border

#C3C2C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050838

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

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