#120837#120837

#120837 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.9% C 0.085 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#120837
RGB	rgb(18, 8, 55)
HSL	hsl(253, 75%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(253, 85%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 85.5%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.22, 19.02, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.22, 33.87, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(18.86% 0.0214 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(18.86% 0.085 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0257, 0.5780, 3.6712)
Luminance	0.0058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#120837 #2D3708

analogous

#081637 #120837 #2A0837

triadic

#120837 #371208 #083712

tetradic

#120837 #370816 #2D3708 #08372A

square

#120837 #370816 #2D3708 #08372A

split-complementary

#120837 #372A08 #163708

monochromatic

#09041B #09041B #120837 #23106C #3518A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.82

#120837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.12

#120837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #120837

18.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##120837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##120837	1.00	18.82	1.12	18.82
#FFFFFF	18.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #120837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 8, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.9% 0.085 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55496e',
    500: '#120837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #120837;
$custom-light: #55496e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#120837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.766,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18862,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#120837

secondary

#657625

accent

#F137CA

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #120837

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

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