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#031069

a deep, electric blue · cool · closest name: Midnight Blue

Token name suggestion: Abyss Harbour

RGB
3, 16, 105
HSL
232°, 94%, 21%
CMYK
97, 85, 0, 59
Luminance
0.0141

#031069 is a deep electric blue, 232° on the wheel and 88/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (16.38:1). As text it scores 16.38:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Midnight Blue, nearest Tailwind family is slate.

hsl(232 94% 21%)rgb(3 16 105)Base step 900AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #031069 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#031069
Hue
232°
blue
Saturation
94%
electric
Lightness
21%
deep
Brightness
41%
HSV value
Perceived
15%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0141
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
88/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
16.38:1
Closest name
Midnight Blue
ΔE2000 2.6
Chroma
61.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.256
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
slate
500 · ΔE 30.5
Web-safe
#000066
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue232° of 360°
Saturation94%
Lightness21%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #031069.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool88% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red1%
Green26%
Blue72%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#031069
HEX (8-digit)#031069ff
RGBrgb(3, 16, 105)
RGBArgba(3, 16, 105, 1)
HSLhsl(232, 94%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232, 97%, 41%)
HWBhwb(232 1% 59%)
CMYKcmyk(97%, 85%, 0%, 59%)
LABlab(12.0 33.1 -51.4)
LCHlch(12.0 61.1 302.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.256 0.149 265.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(2.77, 1.41, 13.49)
Decimal200809
Display P3color(display-p3 0.012 0.063 0.412)
Web-safe#000066

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #031069;
background-color: #031069;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #031069;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#031069] bg-[#031069]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #031069;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.012, green: 0.063, blue: 0.412)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.012, green: 0.063, blue: 0.412, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#031069</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF031069)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF031069)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(105, 16, 3)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(3, 16, 105)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(3, 16, 105)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 3, 16, 105)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.0118f, 0.0627f, 0.4118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{3,16,105}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #031069 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #031069 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#04137C, #D3D6EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #031069 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2F3FD;
  --brand-100: #E4E7FB;
  --brand-200: #C2C9FA;
  --brand-300: #929FFC;
  --brand-400: #5B70FA;
  --brand-500: #2540F9;
  --brand-600: #0724EE;
  --brand-700: #061EC6;
  --brand-800: #05189F;
  --brand-900: #031069;
  --brand-950: #050D47;
  --brand: #031069;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F5FA;
  --brand-border: #C0C5ED;
  --brand-hover: #020B46;
  --brand-pressed: #010524;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141624;
    --brand-ink: #D3D6EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2F3FD',
        100: '#E4E7FB',
        200: '#C2C9FA',
        300: '#929FFC',
        400: '#5B70FA',
        500: '#2540F9',
        600: '#0724EE',
        700: '#061EC6',
        800: '#05189F',
        900: '#031069',
        950: '#050D47',
        DEFAULT: '#031069',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2F3FD,
  '100': #E4E7FB,
  '200': #C2C9FA,
  '300': #929FFC,
  '400': #5B70FA,
  '500': #2540F9,
  '600': #0724EE,
  '700': #061EC6,
  '800': #05189F,
  '900': #031069,
  '950': #050D47,
);
$brand-base: #031069;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2F3FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4E7FB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C2C9FA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#929FFC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#5B70FA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2540F9", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#0724EE", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#061EC6", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#05189F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#031069", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#050D47", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #031069 · 16.38:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 16.38:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 1.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #031069 as text scores 16.38:1 on white and 1.28:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #E6E9FE at 13.61:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#031069 · 16.38:1
AA on whitealready passes
#031069
The quick fox
#031069 · 16.38:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#031069
The quick fox
#5268FA · 4.72:1
AA on black+44% L
#5268FA
The quick fox
#7F8FFB · 7.22:1
AAA on black+53% L
#7F8FFB

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #031069 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#031069 on white: 16.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#031069 on black: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #031069 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #031069.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White16.38:1AaAa
Slate 5015.66:1AaAa
Slate 10014.95:1AaAa
Slate 20013.29:1AaAa
Slate 30011.03:1AaAa
Slate 4006.39:1AaAa
Slate 5003.44:1AaAa
Slate 6002.16:1AaAa
Slate 7001.58:1AaAa
Slate 8001.12:1AaAa
Slate 9001.09:1AaAa
Black1.28:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #00256B
deuteranopia · #001A68
tritanopia · #002C3D

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #031069 is pinned to step 900; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2F3FD
#E4E7FB
#C2C9FA
#929FFC
#5B70FA
#2540F9
#0724EE
#061EC6
#05189F
#031069
#050D47
Base = 900Lightest = 50 · #F2F3FDDarkest = 950 · #050D47Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.037 265.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.060 265.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.090 265.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.117 265.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.138 265.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.149 265.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.149 265.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.141 265.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.126 265.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.105 265.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.082 265.2);
}

Colors that work with #031069

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C5ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B559B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6B4301
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#04137C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6E9FE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141624
Dark-mode background
Hover#020B46
One step down in lightness
Pressed#010524
Two steps down
Disabled#565C86
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#001081
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #031069

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight79/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#695C03
Analogous left#034369
Analogous right#290369
Split-complement 1#692903
Split-complement 2#436903
Triadic 1#690310
Triadic 2#106903
Tetradic#690343
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°232°

#031069 sits at 232°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red1.2%
Green6.3%
Blue41.2%
R · 0–255
3
0x03
G · 0–255
16
0x10
B · 0–255
105
0x69

CMYK percentages

Cyan97.1%
Magenta84.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)58.8%

Total ink coverage is 241%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#031069 text on a black background

contrast 1.28:1

Card sample

#031069 text on a white background

contrast 16.38:1

Card sample

#031069 on grey

14.95:1

#031069 on its own surface

15.05:1

#031069 on its dark surface

1.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #031069;
Background color
Panel with #031069 background
background-color: #031069;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #031069;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(3, 16, 105, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(3, 16, 105, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #031069;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #031069, #3A0369);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #031069, #540369);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #031069;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #031069;
caret-color: #031069;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #031069;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6E9FE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #031069;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#031069 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #031069 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(3, 16, 105, 0.5)
rgb(3 16 105 / 50%)
#03106980
hsl(232 94% 21% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #031069 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#0310691a#E6E7F0
20%#03106933#CDCFE1
40%#03106966#9A9FC3
60%#03106999#6870A5
80%#031069cc#354087

Gradients from #031069

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0519A5, #031069 45%, #04137C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #031069, #30024B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #031069, #695C03);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #061EC2 0%, #031069 45%, #04137C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #046F9B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #400487 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #04137C 0%, transparent 65%), #031069;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #031069

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#031069 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very dark values collapse into each other on cheap panels — leave more lightness between your darkest steps than the numbers suggest.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 1.28:1 — lift it to #5268FA for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#031069, answered

What color is #031069?

#031069 is a deep electric blue, closest to Midnight Blue (ΔE2000 2.6). It sits at 232° on the hue wheel with 94% saturation and 21% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #031069?

rgb(3, 16, 105) — 3 red, 16 green and 105 blue out of 255, or 1.2% / 6.3% / 41.2% by channel.

What is #031069 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(232, 94%, 21%) and hsv(232, 97%, 41%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #031069 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0141 and perceived brightness is 15%, so white text on it reaches 16.38:1.

Should I use black or white text on #031069?

White. It scores 16.38:1 against #031069, versus 1.28:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #031069 accessible on a white background?

#031069 on white scores 16.38:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #031069?

#695C03 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #692903 and #436903, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #031069?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C0C5ED for borders, #4B559B for secondary text, #6B4301 as an accent and #04137C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #034369 and #290369 stays calm, while #695C03 is the loudest partner.

What is #031069 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(97%, 85%, 0%, 59%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #031069 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 88 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #1C0369; nudged cooler, #02276A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #031069?

The slate family — its 500 step is #64748b, ΔE2000 30.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #031069 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #031069 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#031069] or text-[#031069], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #031069 with 50% opacity?

rgba(3, 16, 105, 0.5), or #03106980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #8188B4; over black, #020835.

Is #031069 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #000066, ΔE2000 3.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #031069 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #031069?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #0519A5, #031069 45%, #04137C). For more colour, a short hue run to #30024B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #031069 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #031069 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.