#12012A#12012A

#12012A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.003; OKLCH L 15.8% C 0.081 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12012A
RGB	rgb(18, 1, 42)
HSL	hsl(265, 95%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(265, 98%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 97.6%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(2.87, 15.42, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(2.87, 26.92, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(15.77% 0.0369 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(15.77% 0.081 297)
XYZ	xyz(0.6781, 0.3175, 2.2156)
Luminance	0.0032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12012A #192A01

analogous

#01042A #12012A #26012A

triadic

#12012A #2A1201 #012A12

tetradic

#12012A #2A0104 #192A01 #012A26

square

#12012A #2A0104 #192A01 #012A26

split-complementary

#12012A #2A2601 #042A01

monochromatic

#0D011E #0D011E #12012A #2C0266 #4504A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.75

#12012A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.06

#12012A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12012A

19.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12012A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12012A	1.00	19.75	1.06	19.75
#FFFFFF	19.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B0B15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0A0A0A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12012a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 1, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.8% 0.081 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#504764',
    500: '#12012a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12012a;
$custom-light: #504764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12012a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 1,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 8.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.15768,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.00317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12012A

secondary

#4B7016

accent

#FF29A6

background

#F4F3F5

surface

#E7E5EA

border

#C3C1C6

text

#020005

muted

#787779

Preview Lab

Preview with #12012A

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

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