#120A4E#120A4E

#120A4E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.115 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#120A4E
RGB	rgb(18, 10, 78)
HSL	hsl(247, 77%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(247, 87%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 87.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.09, 27.76, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.09, 48.42, 304.98°)
OKLab	oklab(22% 0.0129 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(22% 0.115 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.7327, 0.8956, 7.2878)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#120A4E #464E0A

analogous

#0A244E #120A4E #340A4E

triadic

#120A4E #4E120A #0A4E12

tetradic

#120A4E #4E0A24 #464E0A #0A4E34

square

#120A4E #4E0A24 #464E0A #0A4E34

split-complementary

#120A4E #4E340A #244E0A

monochromatic

#06031B #06031B #120A4E #1F1184 #2B18BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.81

#120A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#120A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #120A4E

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##120A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##120A4E	1.00	17.81	1.18	17.81
#FFFFFF	17.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00154D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #120a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 10, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.115 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4b80',
    500: '#120a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #120a4e;
$custom-light: #5b4b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#120a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21996,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#120A4E

secondary

#7F8B29

accent

#F434DD

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #120A4E

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

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