#121049#121049

#121049 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.102 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#121049
RGB	rgb(18, 16, 73)
HSL	hsl(242, 64%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(242, 78%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.82, 22.12, -34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.82, 41.39, 302.31°)
OKLab	oklab(22.34% 0.0104 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(22.34% 0.102 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6369, 0.9801, 6.4049)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#121049 #474910

analogous

#102B49 #121049 #2E1049

triadic

#121049 #491210 #104912

tetradic

#121049 #49102B #474910 #10492E

square

#121049 #49102B #474910 #10492E

split-complementary

#121049 #492E10 #2B4910

monochromatic

#060619 #060619 #121049 #1E1B7B #2B26AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.56

#121049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#121049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #121049

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##121049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##121049	1.00	17.56	1.20	17.56
#FFFFFF	17.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00202B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #121049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 16, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.102 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594e7c',
    500: '#121049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #121049;
$custom-light: #594e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#121049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.105,
    "s": 64.045,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22336,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#121049

secondary

#808332

accent

#E741E1

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #121049

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

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