#121044#121044

#121044 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.094 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#121044
RGB	rgb(18, 16, 68)
HSL	hsl(242, 62%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(242, 76%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.27, 20.16, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.27, 38.14, 301.91°)
OKLab	oklab(21.77% 0.0113 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(21.77% 0.094 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.4778, 0.9164, 5.5667)
Luminance	0.0092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Navy Blue (survey)

#001146

ΔE00 2.74

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#121044 #424410

analogous

#102844 #121044 #2C1044

triadic

#121044 #441210 #104412

tetradic

#121044 #441028 #424410 #10442C

square

#121044 #441028 #424410 #10442C

split-complementary

#121044 #442C10 #284410

monochromatic

#070619 #070619 #121044 #1F1C76 #2C27A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.75

#121044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#121044 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #121044

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##121044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##121044	1.00	17.75	1.18	17.75
#FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #121044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 16, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.094 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584e78',
    500: '#121044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #121044;
$custom-light: #584e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#121044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21773,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#121044

secondary

#7B7E32

accent

#E543DF

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #121044

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

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