#050D25Void (#050D25) is a very dark, muted blue with an OKLCH hue of 266°, lightness 0.17 and chroma 0.052. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #050D25 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(5, 13, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(225, 76%, 8%) |
| HSV | hsv(225, 86%, 15%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(86%, 65%, 0%, 85%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(4.1 4.5 -16.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.168 0.052 266) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Void shifts subtly: leans toward purple; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#070d22 — ΔE 0.7, shifts subtly: leans toward purple#060d24 — ΔE 0.3, shifts subtly: leans toward purple#050d25 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#050d26 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Void in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 19.25:1 and against black 1.09:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#929aac · #6b7589 · #475268 · #263148 · #050d25 · #00000b
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#195357 · #00414f · #002f44 · #001d3a · #050d25 · #04021a
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#9f8da6 · #66769b · #6c4c76 · #2f3e61 · #2d2032 · #050d25
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#dac18c · #7b8393 · #586379 · #3a445b · #232834 · #050d25
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f5f1ea · #b4b9c3 · #85837d · #4c515b · #26231d · #050d25
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ecf2ff · #c2c9d8 · #949cae · #363f54 · #050d25 · #ecbd4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cae3c4 · #c6c279 · #8a779c · #3c503a · #0b202b · #050d25
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#f9f1e1 · #d8af94 · #818953 · #6c472d · #232610 · #050d25
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffedeb · #ddaba5 · #668f67 · #395a3b · #341c1a · #050d25
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffecf2 · #d9a9ba · #97804d · #235c4f · #2c220d · #050d25
#232E45 · #475167 · #6E778B · #979FB1 · #C3C9D7
#050C22 · #040B1F · #040A1C · #040919 · #040816
#070E20 · #090E1C · #0B0F17
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.