#050E40#050E40

#050E40 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.0% C 0.095 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050E40
RGB	rgb(5, 14, 64)
HSL	hsl(231, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(231, 92%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.47, 17.75, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.47, 37.06, 298.62°)
OKLab	oklab(20.01% -0.0046 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(20.01% 0.095 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.1447, 0.7164, 4.9274)
Luminance	0.0072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Navy Blue (survey)

#001146

ΔE00 1.49

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050E40 #403705

analogous

#052B40 #050E40 #190540

triadic

#050E40 #40050E #0E4005

tetradic

#050E40 #40052B #403705 #054019

square

#050E40 #40052B #403705 #054019

split-complementary

#050E40 #401905 #2B4005

monochromatic

#02061C #02061C #050E40 #091A79 #0E27B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.37

#050E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#050E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050E40

18.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050E40	1.00	18.37	1.14	18.37
#FFFFFF	18.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00113F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 14, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.0% 0.095 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524c75',
    500: '#050e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050e40;
$custom-light: #524c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.847,
    "s": 85.507,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20005,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050E40

secondary

#817220

accent

#DC2CFC

background

#F4F4F7

surface

#E7E7ED

border

#C3C3C8

text

#030108

muted

#78777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #050E40

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

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