#09072C#09072C

#09072C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.4% C 0.072 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09072C
RGB	rgb(9, 7, 44)
HSL	hsl(243, 73%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(243, 84%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 84.1%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.54, 11.09, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.54, 25.15, 296.16°)
OKLab	oklab(16.43% 0.0096 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(16.43% 0.072 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.6431, 0.3918, 2.4241)
Luminance	0.0039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09072C #2A2C07

analogous

#07182C #09072C #1B072C

triadic

#09072C #2C0907 #072C09

tetradic

#09072C #2C0718 #2A2C07 #072C1B

square

#09072C #2C0718 #2A2C07 #072C1B

split-complementary

#09072C #2C1B07 #182C07

monochromatic

#05041A #05041A #09072C #140F61 #1F1896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.47

#09072C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#09072C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09072C

19.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09072C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09072C	1.00	19.47	1.08	19.47
#FFFFFF	19.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001118

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0D0D0D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09072c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 7, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.4% 0.072 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c4965',
    500: '#09072c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09072c;
$custom-light: #4c4965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09072c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.243,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16432,
    "c": 0.07202,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09072C

secondary

#686C23

accent

#EF39E5

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E6EB

border

#C3C2C6

text

#010105

muted

#77777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #09072C

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

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