Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Sapphire Deep

Sapphire Deep is a dark and jewel tone blue color with HEX #082567. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 8, 37, 103, HSL 222, 86%, 22%, cool temperature, and is useful for jewel tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents.

#082567 blue cool darkjewel-tone
HEX #082567
RGB rgb(8, 37, 103)
HSL hsl(222 86% 22%)
CMYK cmyk(92, 64, 0, 60)
Luminance 0.0235
Contrast Black 1.47:1White 14.29:1

CSS Utilities

--color-sapphire-deep: #082567;
.bg-sapphire-deep { background-color: #082567; }
.text-sapphire-deep { color: #082567; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0235
Black text1.47:1AA Fail
White text14.29:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{
  "hex": "#082567",
  "rgb": [
    8,
    37,
    103
  ],
  "hsl": [
    222,
    86,
    22
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    64,
    0,
    60
  ],
  "luminance": 0.0235,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 1.47,
    "white": 14.29
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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  "analogous": [
    "#085568",
    "#1B0868"
  ],
  "triadic": [
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    "#256808"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#680855",
    "#684B08",
    "#08681B"
  ],
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    "#681B08",
    "#556808"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#0E43BE",
    "#082567",
    "#010713"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#0E43BE",
  "dark": "#010713",
  "saturated": "#002270",
  "desaturated": "#142A5C",
  "pastel": "#2356CD",
  "neon": "#002E99"
}
Pairings
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    "#684B08",
    "#085568",
    "#1B0868"
  ],
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    "#0E43BE"
  ],
  "neutral": [
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    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#0E43BE",
    "#142A5C"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
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    "prussian-blue",
    "ink-blue",
    "navy",
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  ],
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  ],
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/dark",
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  ],
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    "/wcag/sapphire-deep",
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  ],
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    ],
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      "/wcag/sapphire-deep",
      "/css/colors/sapphire-deep",
      "/hex/082567"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "slug": "sapphire-deep",
  "name": "Sapphire Deep",
  "hex": "#082567",
  "uses": [
    "jewel-tone palettes",
    "luxury branding",
    "premium interface accents"
  ],
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      "prestige"
    ],
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    ],
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  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
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  },
  "family": "blue",
  "temperature": "cool",
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  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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  },
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    ],
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    "neon": "#002E99"
  },
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      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
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    ]
  },
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    "utility": ".bg-sapphire-deep { background-color: #082567; }",
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  },
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      "/wcag/sapphire-deep",
      "/css/colors/sapphire-deep",
      "/hex/082567"
    ]
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      "#684B08",
      "#085568",
      "#1B0868"
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      "#0E43BE"
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      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Sapphire Deep Color

Sapphire Deep sits in the blue family with cool temperature and dark and jewel tone visual character. Sapphire Deep is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include depth, richness, and prestige, which makes it relevant for luxury and fashion. In design work, Sapphire Deep is most useful for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Blue color familyBrowse named blue colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Dark colorsFind colors with dark visual character.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.Sapphire Deep accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #082567.Sapphire Deep CSS utilitiesUse Sapphire Deep in CSS variables and utility classes.#082567 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Sapphire Deep paletteOpen the generated palette based on Sapphire Deep.Sapphire Deep harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Sapphire Deep against black and white text.

Black text1.47:1AA Fail
White text14.29:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Midnight Blue#191970
Prussian Blue#003153
Ink Blue#003F5C
Navy#000080
Navy Blue#000080

Color Harmonies

#684B08#684B08
#085568#085568
#1B0868#1B0868
#680825#680825
#256808#256808
Open full Sapphire Deep harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#0E43BE#0E43BE
#010713#010713
#002270#002270
#142A5C#142A5C
#2356CD#2356CD
#002E99#002E99

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#684B08#684B08
#085568#085568
#1B0868#1B0868
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5