#12042D#12042D

#12042D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.9% C 0.078 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12042D
RGB	rgb(18, 4, 45)
HSL	hsl(260, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(260, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 91.1%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.66, 15.63, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.66, 27.89, 304.08°)
OKLab	oklab(16.87% 0.03 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(16.87% 0.078 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.7664, 0.4049, 2.5199)
Luminance	0.0040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12042D #1F2D04

analogous

#040B2D #12042D #27042D

triadic

#12042D #2D1204 #042D12

tetradic

#12042D #2D040B #1F2D04 #042D27

square

#12042D #2D040B #1F2D04 #042D27

split-complementary

#12042D #2D2704 #0B2D04

monochromatic

#0B021C #0B021C #12042D #280965 #3F0E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.43

#12042D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#12042D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12042D

19.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12042D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12042D	1.00	19.43	1.08	19.43
#FFFFFF	19.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#090E17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0D0D0D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12042d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 4, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.9% 0.078 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#514866',
    500: '#12042d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12042d;
$custom-light: #514866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12042d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16871,
    "c": 0.07809,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12042D

secondary

#53701D

accent

#FA2EB4

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E6EB

border

#C3C2C6

text

#020006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12042D

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

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