#09112B#09112B

#09112B is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.8% C 0.054 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09112B
RGB	rgb(9, 17, 43)
HSL	hsl(226, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(226, 79%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.72, 6.02, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.72, 19.34, 288.15°)
OKLab	oklab(18.76% -0.0019 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(18.76% 0.054 268)
XYZ	xyz(0.7490, 0.6333, 2.3678)
Luminance	0.0063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09112B #2B2309

analogous

#09222B #09112B #12092B

triadic

#09112B #2B0911 #112B09

tetradic

#09112B #2B0922 #2B2309 #092B12

square

#09112B #2B0922 #2B2309 #092B12

split-complementary

#09112B #2B1209 #222B09

monochromatic

#050A19 #050A19 #09112B #14255E #1E3990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.64

#09112B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#09112B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09112B

18.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09112B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09112B	1.00	18.64	1.13	18.64
#FFFFFF	18.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05142C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01112A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00171B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09112b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 17, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.8% 0.054 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c4f64',
    500: '#09112b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09112b;
$custom-light: #4c4f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09112b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18755,
    "c": 0.05393,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.00633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09112B

secondary

#695927

accent

#C13FE8

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#010105

muted

#77777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #09112B

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

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