#120740#120740

#120740 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.8% C 0.100 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#120740
RGB	rgb(18, 7, 64)
HSL	hsl(252, 80%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(252, 89%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 89.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.88, 23.74, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.88, 41.03, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(19.78% 0.0195 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(19.78% 0.1 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2506, 0.6506, 4.9092)
Luminance	0.0065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 2.93

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#120740 #354007

analogous

#071940 #120740 #2F0740

triadic

#120740 #401207 #074012

tetradic

#120740 #400719 #354007 #07402F

square

#120740 #400719 #354007 #07402F

split-complementary

#120740 #402F07 #194007

monochromatic

#08031C #08031C #120740 #220D77 #3113AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.58

#120740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#120740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #120740

18.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##120740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##120740	1.00	18.58	1.13	18.58
#FFFFFF	18.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00113F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001823

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #120740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 7, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.8% 0.100 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#574975',
    500: '#120740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #120740;
$custom-light: #574975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#120740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.579,
    "s": 80.282,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19775,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#120740

secondary

#6D7F24

accent

#F731D1

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E6ED

border

#C5C2C8

text

#040008

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #120740

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

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