#050B36#050B36

#050B36 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.2% C 0.084 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050B36
RGB	rgb(5, 11, 54)
HSL	hsl(233, 83%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(233, 91%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.7%, 79.6%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.86, 13.79, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.86, 31.14, 296.29°)
OKLab	oklab(18.17% -0.002 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(18.17% 0.084 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.8479, 0.5379, 3.5484)
Luminance	0.0054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050B36 #363005

analogous

#052436 #050B36 #180536

triadic

#050B36 #36050B #0B3605

tetradic

#050B36 #360524 #363005 #053618

square

#050B36 #360524 #363005 #053618

split-complementary

#050B36 #361805 #243605

monochromatic

#03061C #03061C #050B36 #0A166E #0F22A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.96

#050B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#050B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050B36

18.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050B36	1.00	18.96	1.11	18.96
#FFFFFF	18.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00171F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 11, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.2% 0.084 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d4b6d',
    500: '#050b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050b36;
$custom-light: #4d4b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.653,
    "s": 83.051,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18167,
    "c": 0.08354,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050B36

secondary

#776D20

accent

#E12EF9

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050B36

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

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