#081236#081236

#081236 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.0% C 0.072 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#081236
RGB	rgb(8, 18, 54)
HSL	hsl(227, 74%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(227, 85%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 66.7%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.78, 10.72, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.78, 27.03, 293.36°)
OKLab	oklab(19.99% -0.0032 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(19.99% 0.072 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.9821, 0.7505, 3.5824)
Luminance	0.0075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 4.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#081236 #362C08

analogous

#082936 #081236 #150836

triadic

#081236 #360812 #123608

tetradic

#081236 #360829 #362C08 #083615

square

#081236 #360829 #362C08 #083615

split-complementary

#081236 #361508 #293608

monochromatic

#04091B #04091B #081236 #10246B #1836A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.26

#081236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#081236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #081236

18.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##081236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##081236	1.00	18.26	1.15	18.26
#FFFFFF	18.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #081236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 18, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.0% 0.072 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4f4f6d',
    500: '#081236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #081236;
$custom-light: #4f4f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#081236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19991,
    "c": 0.07195,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#081236

secondary

#756325

accent

#C837F1

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #081236

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

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