#081040#081040

#081040 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.6% C 0.091 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#081040
RGB	rgb(8, 16, 64)
HSL	hsl(231, 78%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(231, 88%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.5%, 75%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.16, 16.95, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.16, 35.69, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(20.62% -0.0017 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(20.62% 0.091 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2105, 0.7922, 4.9386)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#081040 #403808

analogous

#082C40 #081040 #1C0840

triadic

#081040 #400810 #104008

tetradic

#081040 #40082C #403808 #08401C

square

#081040 #40082C #403808 #08401C

split-complementary

#081040 #401C08 #2C4008

monochromatic

#03071B #03071B #081040 #0F1E76 #162BAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#081040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#081040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #081040

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##081040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##081040	1.00	18.13	1.16	18.13
#FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00133F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #081040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 16, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.6% 0.091 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#534e75',
    500: '#081040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #081040;
$custom-light: #534e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#081040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20615,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#081040

secondary

#7E7225

accent

#D934F4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030108

muted

#78777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #081040

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

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