#121048#121048

#121048 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.100 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#121048
RGB	rgb(18, 16, 72)
HSL	hsl(242, 64%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(242, 78%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 77.8%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.71, 21.73, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.71, 40.75, 302.23°)
OKLab	oklab(22.22% 0.0106 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(22.22% 0.1 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6041, 0.9669, 6.2317)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#121048 #464810

analogous

#102A48 #121048 #2E1048

triadic

#121048 #481210 #104812

tetradic

#121048 #48102A #464810 #10482E

square

#121048 #48102A #464810 #10482E

split-complementary

#121048 #482E10 #2A4810

monochromatic

#060619 #060619 #121048 #1F1B7A #2B26AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.60

#121048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#121048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #121048

17.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##121048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##121048	1.00	17.60	1.19	17.60
#FFFFFF	17.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #121048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 16, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.100 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594e7c',
    500: '#121048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #121048;
$custom-light: #594e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#121048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22222,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#121048

secondary

#7F8232

accent

#E741E1

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #121048

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

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