#000050

A very dark, vivid blue closely aligning with Midnightblue.

About #000050

The precise color #000050 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Midnightblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 0, 0, and 80.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 100% cyan and 100% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively dark color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#000050
RGB0, 0, 80
HSL240.0°, 100.0%, 15.7%
CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 69%
HSV240.0°, 100.0%, 31.4%
LAB5.2, 32.4, -45.8
XYZ1.4, 0.6, 7.6
Decimal80

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

18.82:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.12:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
17.99:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.05:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #000050; }
.text-color { color: #000050; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #000050; }

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