#081242#081242

#081242 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.091 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#081242
RGB	rgb(8, 18, 66)
HSL	hsl(230, 78%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(230, 88%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.9%, 72.7%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.93, 16.43, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.93, 35.58, 297.50°)
OKLab	oklab(21.27% -0.0032 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(21.27% 0.091 268)
XYZ	xyz(1.2995, 0.8774, 5.2541)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#081242 #423808

analogous

#082F42 #081242 #1B0842

triadic

#081242 #420812 #124208

tetradic

#081242 #42082F #423808 #08421B

square

#081242 #42082F #423808 #08421B

split-complementary

#081242 #421B08 #2F4208

monochromatic

#03071B #03071B #081242 #0F2179 #1530AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.86

#081242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#081242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #081242

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##081242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##081242	1.00	17.86	1.18	17.86
#FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #081242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 18, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.091 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#534f77',
    500: '#081242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #081242;
$custom-light: #534f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#081242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21269,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.00878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#081242

secondary

#807125

accent

#D333F5

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030209

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #081242

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

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