#051042#051042

#051042 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.7% C 0.095 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#051042
RGB	rgb(5, 16, 66)
HSL	hsl(229, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(229, 92%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.4%, 75.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.19, 17.46, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.19, 37.13, 298.05°)
OKLab	oklab(20.66% -0.0057 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(20.66% 0.095 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.2309, 0.7960, 5.2420)
Luminance	0.0080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#051042 #423705

analogous

#052F42 #051042 #190542

triadic

#051042 #420510 #104205

tetradic

#051042 #42052F #423705 #054219

square

#051042 #42052F #423705 #054219

split-complementary

#051042 #421905 #2F4205

monochromatic

#02071C #02071C #051042 #091E7B #0E2CB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.12

#051042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#051042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #051042

18.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##051042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##051042	1.00	18.12	1.16	18.12
#FFFFFF	18.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #051042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 16, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.7% 0.095 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524e77',
    500: '#051042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #051042;
$custom-light: #524e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#051042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.18,
    "s": 85.915,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20658,
    "c": 0.09528,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#051042

secondary

#827120

accent

#D72CFC

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E8E7ED

border

#C4C3C8

text

#030109

muted

#78777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #051042

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

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