#091048#091048

#091048 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.103 H 269.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#091048
RGB	rgb(9, 16, 72)
HSL	hsl(233, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(233, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.5%, 77.8%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.10, 20.63, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.10, 41.06, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(21.61% -0.0013 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(21.61% 0.103 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4672, 0.8964, 6.2253)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#091048 #484109

analogous

#092F48 #091048 #210948

triadic

#091048 #480910 #104809

tetradic

#091048 #48092F #484109 #094821

square

#091048 #48092F #484109 #094821

split-complementary

#091048 #482109 #2F4809

monochromatic

#03061B #03061B #091048 #101C7E #1728B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.81

#091048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#091048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #091048

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##091048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##091048	1.00	17.81	1.18	17.81
#FFFFFF	17.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00202A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #091048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 16, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.103 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#564e7c',
    500: '#091048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #091048;
$custom-light: #564e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#091048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21614,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#091048

secondary

#857B27

accent

#DF34F4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#030109

muted

#78777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #091048

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

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