#051241#051241

#051241 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.091 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#051241
RGB	rgb(5, 18, 65)
HSL	hsl(227, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(227, 92%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.65, 15.55, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.65, 34.97, 296.41°)
OKLab	oklab(20.98% -0.0068 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(20.98% 0.091 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2327, 0.8464, 5.0984)
Luminance	0.0085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#051241 #413405

analogous

#053041 #051241 #160541

triadic

#051241 #410512 #124105

tetradic

#051241 #410530 #413405 #054116

square

#051241 #410530 #413405 #054116

split-complementary

#051241 #411605 #304105

monochromatic

#02081C #02081C #051241 #09227A #0E31B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.96

#051241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#051241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #051241

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##051241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##051241	1.00	17.96	1.17	17.96
#FFFFFF	17.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #051241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 18, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.091 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524f76',
    500: '#051241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #051241;
$custom-light: #524f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#051241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20976,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#051241

secondary

#816C20

accent

#CF2CFC

background

#F4F4F7

surface

#E7E7ED

border

#C3C3C8

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #051241

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

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