#050E2C#050E2C

#050E2C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.7% C 0.062 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050E2C
RGB	rgb(5, 14, 44)
HSL	hsl(226, 80%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(226, 89%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.6%, 68.2%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.77, 7.05, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.77, 21.81, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(17.75% -0.0042 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(17.75% 0.062 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.6741, 0.5281, 2.4488)
Luminance	0.0053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050E2C #2C2305

analogous

#05222C #050E2C #10052C

triadic

#050E2C #2C050E #0E2C05

tetradic

#050E2C #2C0522 #2C2305 #052C10

square

#050E2C #2C0522 #2C2305 #052C10

split-complementary

#050E2C #2C1005 #222C05

monochromatic

#03091B #03091B #050E2C #0B1F63 #11319A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.99

#050E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#050E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050E2C

18.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050E2C	1.00	18.99	1.11	18.99
#FFFFFF	18.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00122D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00151B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 14, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.7% 0.062 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4a4d65',
    500: '#050e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050e2c;
$custom-light: #4a4d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 79.592,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17745,
    "c": 0.06247,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050E2C

secondary

#6E5C1F

accent

#C932F6

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#010105

muted

#77777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050E2C

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

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