#051541#051541

#051541 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.087 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#051541
RGB	rgb(5, 21, 65)
HSL	hsl(224, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(224, 92%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(92.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.57, 13.20, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.57, 32.60, 293.88°)
OKLab	oklab(21.67% -0.0088 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(21.67% 0.087 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2845, 0.9501, 5.1157)
Luminance	0.0095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 4.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#051541 #413105

analogous

#053341 #051541 #130541

triadic

#051541 #410515 #154105

tetradic

#051541 #410533 #413105 #054113

square

#051541 #410533 #413105 #054113

split-complementary

#051541 #411305 #334105

monochromatic

#02091C #02091C #051541 #09277A #0E3AB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.65

#051541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#051541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #051541

17.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##051541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##051541	1.00	17.65	1.19	17.65
#FFFFFF	17.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #051541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(5, 21, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.087 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#515176',
    500: '#051541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #051541;
$custom-light: #515176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#051541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 5,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21666,
    "c": 0.08667,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#051541

secondary

#816820

accent

#C42CFC

background

#F4F4F7

surface

#E7E7ED

border

#C3C3C8

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #051541

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

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