#091242#091242

#091242 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.091 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#091242
RGB	rgb(9, 18, 66)
HSL	hsl(231, 76%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(231, 86%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.4%, 72.7%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.98, 16.56, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.98, 35.56, 297.76°)
OKLab	oklab(21.33% -0.002 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(21.33% 0.091 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.3120, 0.8839, 5.2547)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#091242 #423909

analogous

#092F42 #091242 #1C0942

triadic

#091242 #420912 #124209

tetradic

#091242 #42092F #423909 #09421C

square

#091242 #42092F #423909 #09421C

split-complementary

#091242 #421C09 #2F4209

monochromatic

#04071B #04071B #091242 #102178 #182FAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.85

#091242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#091242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #091242

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##091242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##091242	1.00	17.85	1.18	17.85
#FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #091242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 18, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.091 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544f77',
    500: '#091242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #091242;
$custom-light: #544f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#091242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21328,
    "c": 0.09104,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#091242

secondary

#807227

accent

#D535F3

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030209

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #091242

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

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