#0C164F#0C164F

#0C164F is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.105 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#0C164F
RGB	rgb(12, 22, 79)
HSL	hsl(231, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(231, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.68, 19.49, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.68, 41.03, 298.36°)
OKLab	oklab(23.77% -0.0022 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(23.77% 0.105 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.8493, 1.2163, 7.5329)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#0C164F #4F450C

analogous

#0C374F #0C164F #240C4F

triadic

#0C164F #4F0C16 #164F0C

tetradic

#0C164F #4F0C37 #4F450C #0C4F24

square

#0C164F #4F0C37 #4F450C #0C4F24

split-complementary

#0C164F #4F240C #374F0C

monochromatic

#04071B #04071B #0C164F #142584 #1C34B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.89

#0C164F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#0C164F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #0C164F

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##0C164F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##0C164F	1.00	16.89	1.24	16.89
#FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #0c164f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(12, 22, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.105 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585381',
    500: '#0c164f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #0c164f;
$custom-light: #585381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#0c164f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 12,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.045,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23771,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#0C164F

secondary

#8B7C2C

accent

#D538F0

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #0C164F

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

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