#0C164E#0C164E

#0C164E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.103 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#0C164E
RGB	rgb(12, 22, 78)
HSL	hsl(231, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(231, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.57, 19.07, -35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.57, 40.38, 298.18°)
OKLab	oklab(23.66% -0.0021 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(23.66% 0.103 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.8132, 1.2018, 7.3427)
Luminance	0.0120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#0C164E #4E440C

analogous

#0C374E #0C164E #230C4E

triadic

#0C164E #4E0C16 #164E0C

tetradic

#0C164E #4E0C37 #4E440C #0C4E23

square

#0C164E #4E0C37 #4E440C #0C4E23

split-complementary

#0C164E #4E230C #374E0C

monochromatic

#04071B #04071B #0C164E #142583 #1C34B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.93

#0C164E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#0C164E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #0C164E

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##0C164E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##0C164E	1.00	16.93	1.24	16.93
#FFFFFF	16.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #0c164e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(12, 22, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.103 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585380',
    500: '#0c164e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #0c164e;
$custom-light: #585380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#0c164e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 12,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23661,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#0C164E

secondary

#8A7B2C

accent

#D438F0

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #0C164E

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

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