#091038#091038

#091038 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.8% C 0.078 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#091038
RGB	rgb(9, 16, 56)
HSL	hsl(231, 72%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(231, 84%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.45, 13.21, -26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.45, 29.87, 296.24°)
OKLab	oklab(19.79% 0 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(19.79% 0.078 270)
XYZ	xyz(1.0115, 0.7141, 3.8251)
Luminance	0.0071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 3.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#091038 #383109

analogous

#092738 #091038 #190938

triadic

#091038 #380910 #103809

tetradic

#091038 #380927 #383109 #093819

square

#091038 #380927 #383109 #093819

split-complementary

#091038 #381909 #273809

monochromatic

#04081A #04081A #091038 #111F6D #1A2EA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.38

#091038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#091038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #091038

18.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##091038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##091038	1.00	18.38	1.14	18.38
#FFFFFF	18.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001A22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #091038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 16, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.8% 0.078 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#504e6f',
    500: '#091038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #091038;
$custom-light: #504e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#091038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.064,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19792,
    "c": 0.07793,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.00714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#091038

secondary

#766A27

accent

#D439EF

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #091038

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

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