#050F38#050F38

#050F38 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.3% C 0.081 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#050F38
RGB	rgb(5, 15, 56)
HSL	hsl(228, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(228, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.96, 12.96, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.96, 30.50, 295.14°)
OKLab	oklab(19.28% -0.0047 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(19.28% 0.081 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.9470, 0.6593, 3.8180)
Luminance	0.0066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 2.86

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#050F38 #382E05

analogous

#052938 #050F38 #150538

triadic

#050F38 #38050F #0F3805

tetradic

#050F38 #380529 #382E05 #053815

square

#050F38 #380529 #382E05 #053815

split-complementary

#050F38 #381505 #293805

monochromatic

#03081C #03081C #050F38 #0A1E70 #0F2DA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.55

#050F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#050F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #050F38

18.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##050F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##050F38	1.00	18.55	1.13	18.55
#FFFFFF	18.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001A21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #050f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 15, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.3% 0.081 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e4d6f',
    500: '#050f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #050f38;
$custom-light: #4e4d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#050f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.235,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19283,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#050F38

secondary

#796820

accent

#D22EFA

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #050F38

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

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