#050C37#050C37

#050C37 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.5% C 0.084 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050C37
RGB	rgb(5, 12, 55)
HSL	hsl(232, 83%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(232, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.9%, 78.2%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.16, 13.93, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.16, 31.43, 296.32°)
OKLab	oklab(18.5% -0.0027 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(18.5% 0.084 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.8834, 0.5709, 3.6773)
Luminance	0.0057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050C37 #373005

analogous

#052537 #050C37 #170537

triadic

#050C37 #37050C #0C3705

tetradic

#050C37 #370525 #373005 #053717

square

#050C37 #370525 #373005 #053717

split-complementary

#050C37 #371705 #253705

monochromatic

#03061C #03061C #050C37 #0A186F #0F24A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.85

#050C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#050C37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050C37

18.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050C37	1.00	18.85	1.11	18.85
#FFFFFF	18.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001820

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 12, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.5% 0.084 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e4b6e',
    500: '#050c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050c37;
$custom-light: #4e4b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.6,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.185,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050C37

secondary

#786C20

accent

#DD2EFA

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050C37

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

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