#12072E#12072E

#12072E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.6% C 0.074 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12072E
RGB	rgb(18, 7, 46)
HSL	hsl(257, 74%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(257, 85%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 84.8%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.32, 14.92, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.32, 27.26, 303.19°)
OKLab	oklab(17.65% 0.0251 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(17.65% 0.074 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.8184, 0.4778, 2.6333)
Luminance	0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12072E #232E07

analogous

#070F2E #12072E #25072E

triadic

#12072E #2E1207 #072E12

tetradic

#12072E #2E070F #232E07 #072E25

square

#12072E #2E070F #232E07 #072E25

split-complementary

#12072E #2E2507 #0F2E07

monochromatic

#0A041B #0A041B #12072E #270F63 #3C1798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.17

#12072E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#12072E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12072E

19.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12072E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12072E	1.00	19.17	1.10	19.17
#FFFFFF	19.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00102F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#081119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12072e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 7, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.6% 0.074 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524967',
    500: '#12072e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12072e;
$custom-light: #524967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12072e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.923,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17646,
    "c": 0.07371,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12072E

secondary

#596E23

accent

#F038BC

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E6EB

border

#C3C2C6

text

#020106

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12072E

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

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