#051235#051235

#051235 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.7% C 0.072 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#051235
RGB	rgb(5, 18, 53)
HSL	hsl(224, 83%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(224, 91%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.6%, 66%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.52, 9.54, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.52, 26.30, 291.27°)
OKLab	oklab(19.69% -0.0072 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(19.69% 0.072 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(0.9213, 0.7218, 3.4582)
Luminance	0.0072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 4.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#051235 #352805

analogous

#052A35 #051235 #100535

triadic

#051235 #350512 #123505

tetradic

#051235 #35052A #352805 #053510

square

#051235 #35052A #352805 #053510

split-complementary

#051235 #351005 #2A3505

monochromatic

#03091C #03091C #051235 #0A256D #1038A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.35

#051235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#051235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #051235

18.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##051235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##051235	1.00	18.35	1.14	18.35
#FFFFFF	18.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #051235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 18, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.7% 0.072 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4d4f6c',
    500: '#051235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #051235;
$custom-light: #4d4f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#051235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.75,
    "s": 82.759,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19686,
    "c": 0.07161,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#051235

secondary

#765F20

accent

#C22FF9

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #051235

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

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