#050940#050940

#050940 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.1% C 0.101 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050940
RGB	rgb(5, 9, 64)
HSL	hsl(236, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(236, 92%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.2%, 85.9%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.40, 20.36, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.40, 39.87, 300.70°)
OKLab	oklab(19.06% -0.0025 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(19.06% 0.101 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.0854, 0.5977, 4.9077)
Luminance	0.0060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Navy Blue (survey)

#001146

ΔE00 2.28

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050940 #403C05

analogous

#052640 #050940 #1E0540

triadic

#050940 #400509 #094005

tetradic

#050940 #400526 #403C05 #05401E

square

#050940 #400526 #403C05 #05401E

split-complementary

#050940 #401E05 #264005

monochromatic

#02041C #02041C #050940 #091179 #0E19B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.76

#050940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.12

#050940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050940

18.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050940	1.00	18.76	1.12	18.76
#FFFFFF	18.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001924

Achromatopsia (no color)

#121212

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 9, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.1% 0.101 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524976',
    500: '#050940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050940;
$custom-light: #524976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.932,
    "s": 85.507,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19064,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050940

secondary

#817A20

accent

#EE2CFC

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E8E7ED

border

#C4C3C8

text

#030108

muted

#78777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #050940

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

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