#040212#040212

#040212 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.001; OKLCH L 10.8% C 0.043 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#040212
RGB	rgb(4, 2, 18)
HSL	hsl(248, 80%, 4%)
HSV	hsv(248, 89%, 7%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 88.9%, 0%, 92.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(1.02, 3.01, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(1.02, 7.26, 294.55°)
OKLab	oklab(10.84% 0.0121 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(10.84% 0.043 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.1809, 0.1129, 0.5844)
Luminance	0.0011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#040212 #101202

analogous

#020812 #040212 #0C0212

triadic

#040212 #120402 #021204

tetradic

#040212 #120208 #101202 #02120C

square

#040212 #120208 #101202 #02120C

split-complementary

#040212 #120C02 #081202

monochromatic

#06031C #06031C #06031C #100849 #1C0E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.54

#040212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.02

#040212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #040212

20.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##040212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##040212	1.00	20.54	1.02	20.54
#FFFFFF	20.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#010407

Achromatopsia (no color)

#040404

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #040212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(4, 2, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(10.8% 0.043 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#48484f',
    500: '#040212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #040212;
$custom-light: #48484f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#040212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 4,
    "g": 2,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 3.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.10838,
    "c": 0.0425,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#040212

secondary

#4F5719

accent

#F631DE

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E6E6E7

border

#C2C2C3

text

#000002

muted

#777778

Preview Lab

Preview with #040212

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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