#081038#081038

#081038 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.7% C 0.078 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#081038
RGB	rgb(8, 16, 56)
HSL	hsl(230, 75%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(230, 86%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.39, 13.01, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.39, 29.87, 295.81°)
OKLab	oklab(19.72% -0.0013 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(19.72% 0.078 269)
XYZ	xyz(0.9990, 0.7076, 3.8245)
Luminance	0.0071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 3.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#081038 #383008

analogous

#082838 #081038 #180838

triadic

#081038 #380810 #103808

tetradic

#081038 #380828 #383008 #083818

square

#081038 #380828 #383008 #083818

split-complementary

#081038 #381808 #283808

monochromatic

#04081B #04081B #081038 #101F6E #172FA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.40

#081038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#081038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #081038

18.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##081038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##081038	1.00	18.40	1.14	18.40
#FFFFFF	18.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001A22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #081038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 16, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.7% 0.078 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#504e6f',
    500: '#081038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #081038;
$custom-light: #504e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#081038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19724,
    "c": 0.0783,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.00708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#081038

secondary

#776925

accent

#D236F2

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #081038

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

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