#091236#091236

#091236 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.1% C 0.072 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#091236
RGB	rgb(9, 18, 54)
HSL	hsl(228, 71%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(228, 83%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.84, 10.93, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.84, 27.02, 293.85°)
OKLab	oklab(20.06% -0.0019 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(20.06% 0.072 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.9946, 0.7569, 3.5830)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 4.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#091236 #362D09

analogous

#092936 #091236 #170936

triadic

#091236 #360912 #123609

tetradic

#091236 #360929 #362D09 #093617

square

#091236 #360929 #362D09 #093617

split-complementary

#091236 #361709 #293609

monochromatic

#04091A #04091A #091236 #12236A #1A359F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.24

#091236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#091236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #091236

18.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##091236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##091236	1.00	18.24	1.15	18.24
#FFFFFF	18.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #091236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 18, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.1% 0.072 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#504f6d',
    500: '#091236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #091236;
$custom-light: #504f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#091236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20057,
    "c": 0.07156,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#091236

secondary

#746527

accent

#CA3AEE

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020207

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #091236

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

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