#09112C#09112C

#09112C is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.8% C 0.056 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#09112C
RGB	rgb(9, 17, 44)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(226, 80%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 61.4%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.79, 6.49, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.79, 20.10, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(18.85% -0.0017 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(18.85% 0.056 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.7676, 0.6408, 2.4656)
Luminance	0.0064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#09112C #2C2409

analogous

#09222C #09112C #12092C

triadic

#09112C #2C0911 #112C09

tetradic

#09112C #2C0922 #2C2409 #092C12

square

#09112C #2C0922 #2C2409 #092C12

split-complementary

#09112C #2C1209 #222C09

monochromatic

#050A19 #050A19 #09112C #13255F #1E3892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.61

#09112C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#09112C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #09112C

18.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##09112C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##09112C	1.00	18.61	1.13	18.61
#FFFFFF	18.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04142D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00112B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00171C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #09112c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 17, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.8% 0.056 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c4f65',
    500: '#09112c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #09112c;
$custom-light: #4c4f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#09112c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.286,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18845,
    "c": 0.05573,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#09112C

secondary

#6A5B27

accent

#C23FE9

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#010105

muted

#77777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #09112C

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

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