#091540#091540

#091540 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.084 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#091540
RGB	rgb(9, 21, 64)
HSL	hsl(227, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(227, 86%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.9%, 67.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.69, 13.33, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.69, 31.82, 294.76°)
OKLab	oklab(21.79% -0.0043 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(21.79% 0.084 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.3059, 0.9644, 4.9668)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 4.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#091540 #403409

analogous

#093140 #091540 #190940

triadic

#091540 #400915 #154009

tetradic

#091540 #400931 #403409 #094019

square

#091540 #400931 #403409 #094019

split-complementary

#091540 #401909 #314009

monochromatic

#04091B #04091B #091540 #112776 #1838AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.60

#091540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#091540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #091540

17.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##091540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##091540	1.00	17.60	1.19	17.60
#FFFFFF	17.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00163F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #091540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 21, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.084 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535175',
    500: '#091540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #091540;
$custom-light: #535175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#091540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.909,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21789,
    "c": 0.08354,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#091540

secondary

#7E6B27

accent

#C936F2

background

#F4F4F7

surface

#E8E7ED

border

#C4C3C8

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #091540

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

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