Closest web-safe match: #000033

Color Details and Palettes for #060F35

Details about the color Infinite Night#060F35

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Blue family Cool WCAG ink: white
HEX #060F35 RGB rgb(6, 15, 53) HSL hsl(229, 80%, 12%) CMYK cmyk(89%, 72%, 0%, 79%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #060F35

#060F35 is a cool color from the Blue family, closest in name to “Infinite Night”. In RGB it is rgb(6, 15, 53); in HSL, hsl(229, 80%, 12%).

The color Infinite Night, with hexadecimal code #060f35, belongs to the blue color family, the world's most universally preferred hue. Blue projects trust, stability, and intellectual calm, which is why it dominates corporate, financial, and technology branding worldwide. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Trust, Peace, Loyalty, Integrity and Tranquility. Blue signifies tranquility and stability. In Middle Eastern cultures, it can also represent protection against the evil eye, while in Western cultures, it symbolizes calmness and reliability. With a high saturation of 80%, this color is intensely vivid—demanding attention and ideal for focal elements like buttons, banners, and brand marks. At only 12% lightness, this extremely dark shade approaches black, delivering maximum drama and contrast when paired with lighter elements. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Trust, Peace, Loyalty, Integrity, or Tranquility. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 6, 15, 53 red · green · blue HSL 229° 80% 12% hue · sat · light HSV 229° 89% 21% design-app pickers CMYK 89 72 0 79 print inks, % Luminance 0.006 0 dark → 1 light On black 1.13:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio On white 18.63:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #000033 closest web-safe Best text white ideal foreground Character Vivid cool · blue family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #060F35

Infinite Night (#060F35) belongs to the Blue color family.

This deep, saturated shade conveys authority and richness. Deep tones are favored in luxury packaging, evening-event branding, and dark-mode interfaces where they provide dramatic contrast against lighter elements.

Historical Background

Blue's scarcity in nature made it a late addition to human color vocabulary—Homer's 'wine-dark sea' notably omits the word blue entirely. The breakthrough came with Egyptian Blue (~2200 BC) and later ultramarine from Afghan lapis lazuli, which Medieval artists hoarded for divine subjects. Synthetic ultramarine (1826) and cobalt blue democratized the color, enabling Impressionists like Monet and Renoir to paint blue-drenched landscapes affordably.

Design & Usage Tips

Blue is the most universally liked color and dominates corporate branding (Facebook, LinkedIn, IBM, Samsung). Use it to establish trust, competence, and professionalism. Lighter blues suit wellness and social apps, while darker blues convey authority and security. Avoid using blue for food branding—it suppresses appetite.

Sitting on the cool side of the spectrum (hue 229°), it promotes a feeling of calm distance and intellectual clarity, which is why cool hues dominate corporate identities, healthcare design, and productivity tools. At 80% saturation, this is a highly vivid color that demands attention. Use it where maximum visual impact is needed—feature banners, accent buttons, and data-visualization highlights.

Psychological Impact

Blue lowers blood pressure and heart rate, promoting calm and focused thought. It signals reliability and integrity, which is why it is the default choice for banks, insurance companies, and government institutions. In UX, blue links and buttons feel intuitive because users have been trained by decades of web convention.

At just 12% lightness, this is an extremely dark shade that approaches black. It is best reserved for text, thin borders, or dramatic full-bleed backgrounds paired with light typography.

Creative Design Ideas

Pair classic blue (#0047AB) with warm amber for a nautical or heritage brand. Use gradient blues (light-to-dark, top-to-bottom) for app onboarding screens that feel expansive and inviting. In data dashboards, blue is the safest primary chart color—it's distinct, professional, and colorblind-friendly.

Every format

#060F35 Color Conversions

Every way to write Infinite Night — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#060F35

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(6, 15, 53)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(229, 80%, 12%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(229, 89%, 21%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(229 2% 79%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(89%, 72%, 0%, 79%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(19.02% 0.076 267.54)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(19.02% -0.003 -0.076)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 5.76, a: 11.55, b: -25.74

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 5.76, C: 28.21, H: 294.16

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 0.89, Y: 0.64, Z: 3.44

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
397109

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #060F35

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Infinite Night.

Red 6/255 8.1% Green 15/255 20.3% Blue 53/255 71.6%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Infinite Night.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #060F35

Ink needed to reproduce Infinite Night in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Cyan.

89% CYAN 72% MAGENTA 0% YELLOW 79% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #060F35

How bright Infinite Night is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.006
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 1.13:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✕ Large
Aa White text 18.63:1 ✓ AA ✓ AAA ✓ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #060F35

Copy-and-paste CSS for Infinite Night — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

infinite-night.css
background-color: #060F35;
color: #060F35;
border: 2px solid #060F35;
background-color: rgb(6, 15, 53);
background-color: hsl(229, 80%, 12%);
--color: #060F35;

Shades · light to dark

#060F35 Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Infinite Night — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#E6E7EB
#C1C3CD
#9B9FAE
#767B90
#515772
#2B3353
#060F35
#050D2D
#040B25
#03081D
#020615
#02040D
#010205

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Harmony · 180° apart

#060F35 Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#060F35
#372E06

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#060F35 Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#060F35
#160637
#062837
#2E0637
#06372E
#370628
#063716

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Harmony · 120° apart

#060F35 Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#060F35
#37060F
#0F3706

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Harmony · 90° apart

#060F35 Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#060F35
#370628
#372E06
#063716

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #060F35

How Infinite Night reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#060F35
#09092A
#0A0A2C
#062523
#101010
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✓ Friendly Protanopia red weakness ✓ Friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✓ Friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✓ Friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #060F35

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#372E06
#160637
#37060F
#370628
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#060F35 Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Dark Eclipse#112244
Mysterious Depths#000022
Spacescape#222255
Storm#001144
Infinite Night#111133
Squid’s Ink#001133
Coal Mine#220033
Deadly Depths#111144

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #060F35

The closest named colors to #060F35 — same mood, each with its own character.

Infinite Night#071037
Illicit Darkness#00022E
Midnight#03012D
Oblivion#000435
Mysterious Depths#060929
Squid’s Ink#041330
Deadly Depths#111144
Nightwalker#161D3B
Storm#000B44
Fly-by-Night#1C1E4D
Dark Knight#151931
Azulado#211D49

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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Infinite Night (#060f35)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Infinite Night — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #060F35

#060F35 is a cool color from the Blue family. Its closest matched name is “Infinite Night”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(6, 15, 53); in HSL, hsl(229, 80%, 12%).
In RGB, #060F35 is rgb(6, 15, 53); in HSL it is hsl(229, 80%, 12%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(89%, 72%, 0%, 79%).
#060F35 has a contrast ratio of 1.13:1 against black and 18.63:1 against white. For readability, white body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while black does not.
The direct complement of #060F35 is #372E06 (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #060F35 in the palette sections above.