#091538#091538

#091538 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.070 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#091538
RGB	rgb(9, 21, 56)
HSL	hsl(225, 72%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(225, 84%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 62.5%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.95, 9.69, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.95, 26.23, 291.67°)
OKLab	oklab(21% -0.0047 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(21% 0.07 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.0944, 0.8798, 3.8528)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#091538 #382C09

analogous

#092C38 #091538 #140938

triadic

#091538 #380915 #153809

tetradic

#091538 #38092C #382C09 #093814

square

#091538 #38092C #382C09 #093814

split-complementary

#091538 #381409 #2C3809

monochromatic

#040A1A #040A1A #091538 #11296D #1A3DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.86

#091538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#091538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #091538

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##091538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##091538	1.00	17.86	1.18	17.86
#FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#011A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #091538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 21, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.070 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#50516f',
    500: '#091538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #091538;
$custom-light: #50516f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#091538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.681,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20996,
    "c": 0.07031,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#091538

secondary

#766227

accent

#C039EF

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EC

border

#C3C3C7

text

#020207

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #091538

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

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