#091042#091042

#091042 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.9% C 0.094 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#091042
RGB	rgb(9, 16, 66)
HSL	hsl(233, 76%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(233, 86%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.4%, 75.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.42, 18.02, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.42, 37.06, 299.10°)
OKLab	oklab(20.91% -0.0006 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(20.91% 0.094 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.2810, 0.8219, 5.2443)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Navy Blue (survey)

#001146

ΔE00 1.54

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#091042 #423B09

analogous

#092C42 #091042 #1F0942

triadic

#091042 #420910 #104209

tetradic

#091042 #42092C #423B09 #09421F

square

#091042 #42092C #423B09 #09421F

split-complementary

#091042 #421F09 #2C4209

monochromatic

#04071B #04071B #091042 #101D78 #182AAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.04

#091042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#091042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #091042

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##091042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##091042	1.00	18.04	1.16	18.04
#FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #091042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 16, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.9% 0.094 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544e77',
    500: '#091042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #091042;
$custom-light: #544e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#091042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.632,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20908,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#091042

secondary

#807527

accent

#DB35F3

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030109

muted

#78777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #091042

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

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