#051242#051242

#051242 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.093 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#051242
RGB	rgb(5, 18, 66)
HSL	hsl(227, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(227, 92%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.75, 16.02, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.75, 35.66, 296.70°)
OKLab	oklab(21.09% -0.0068 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(21.09% 0.093 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.2619, 0.8581, 5.2523)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#051242 #423505

analogous

#053142 #051242 #170542

triadic

#051242 #420512 #124205

tetradic

#051242 #420531 #423505 #054217

square

#051242 #420531 #423505 #054217

split-complementary

#051242 #421705 #314205

monochromatic

#02081C #02081C #051242 #09227B #0E31B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.92

#051242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#051242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #051242

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##051242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##051242	1.00	17.92	1.17	17.92
#FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #051242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 18, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.093 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524f77',
    500: '#051242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #051242;
$custom-light: #524f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#051242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.213,
    "s": 85.915,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21089,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#051242

secondary

#826D20

accent

#D02CFC

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E8E7ED

border

#C4C3C8

text

#030209

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #051242

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

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