#12072B#12072B

#12072B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.3% C 0.069 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12072B
RGB	rgb(18, 7, 43)
HSL	hsl(258, 72%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(258, 84%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 83.7%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.11, 13.48, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.11, 24.85, 302.85°)
OKLab	oklab(17.32% 0.0258 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(17.32% 0.069 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.7614, 0.4549, 2.3327)
Luminance	0.0046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12072B #202B07

analogous

#070E2B #12072B #24072B

triadic

#12072B #2B1207 #072B12

tetradic

#12072B #2B070E #202B07 #072B24

square

#12072B #2B070E #202B07 #072B24

split-complementary

#12072B #2B2407 #0E2B07

monochromatic

#0B041A #0B041A #12072B #281060 #3E1894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.25

#12072B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#12072B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12072B

19.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12072B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12072B	1.00	19.25	1.09	19.25
#FFFFFF	19.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A1017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0E0E0E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12072b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 7, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.3% 0.069 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#514964',
    500: '#12072b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12072b;
$custom-light: #514964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12072b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17322,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12072B

secondary

#556B23

accent

#EF39B7

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020105

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12072B

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

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