#051038#051038

#051038 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.5% C 0.080 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#051038
RGB	rgb(5, 16, 56)
HSL	hsl(227, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(227, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(91.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.22, 12.37, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.22, 29.87, 294.47°)
OKLab	oklab(19.52% -0.0054 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(19.52% 0.08 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.9614, 0.6883, 3.8228)
Luminance	0.0069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 3.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#051038 #382D05

analogous

#052A38 #051038 #140538

triadic

#051038 #380510 #103805

tetradic

#051038 #38052A #382D05 #053814

square

#051038 #38052A #382D05 #053814

split-complementary

#051038 #381405 #2A3805

monochromatic

#03081C #03081C #051038 #0A2070 #0F30A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.46

#051038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#051038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #051038

18.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##051038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##051038	1.00	18.46	1.14	18.46
#FFFFFF	18.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001A22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #051038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 16, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.5% 0.080 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4e4e6f',
    500: '#051038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #051038;
$custom-light: #4e4e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#051038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.059,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19515,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#051038

secondary

#796620

accent

#CE2EFA

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #051038

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

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