#050B2E#050B2E

#050B2E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.2% C 0.071 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050B2E
RGB	rgb(5, 11, 46)
HSL	hsl(231, 80%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(231, 89%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.23, 9.41, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.23, 24.84, 292.25°)
OKLab	oklab(17.22% -0.0015 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(17.22% 0.071 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.6752, 0.4688, 2.6391)
Luminance	0.0047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 4.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050B2E #2E2805

analogous

#051F2E #050B2E #14052E

triadic

#050B2E #2E050B #0B2E05

tetradic

#050B2E #2E051F #2E2805 #052E14

square

#050B2E #2E051F #2E2805 #052E14

split-complementary

#050B2E #2E1405 #1F2E05

monochromatic

#03071C #03071C #050B2E #0B1865 #11259C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.20

#050B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#050B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050B2E

19.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050B2E	1.00	19.20	1.09	19.20
#FFFFFF	19.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00112F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00141A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 11, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.2% 0.071 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4b4b67',
    500: '#050b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050b2e;
$custom-light: #4b4b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.22,
    "s": 80.392,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17222,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050B2E

secondary

#70641F

accent

#DA31F7

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#010106

muted

#77777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050B2E

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

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