#12112E#12112E

#12112E is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.8% C 0.056 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12112E
RGB	rgb(18, 17, 46)
HSL	hsl(242, 46%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(242, 63%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 63%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.56, 10.18, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.56, 21.76, 297.88°)
OKLab	oklab(19.79% 0.0112 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(19.79% 0.056 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.9429, 0.7267, 2.6748)
Luminance	0.0073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12112E #2D2E11

analogous

#111F2E #12112E #21112E

triadic

#12112E #2E1211 #112E12

tetradic

#12112E #2E111F #2D2E11 #112E21

square

#12112E #2E111F #2D2E11 #112E21

split-complementary

#12112E #2E2111 #1F2E11

monochromatic

#090816 #090816 #12112E #23225B #353287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.33

#12112E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#12112E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12112E

18.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12112E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12112E	1.00	18.33	1.15	18.33
#FFFFFF	18.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04162F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03142D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08171D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12112e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 17, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.8% 0.056 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524f67',
    500: '#12112e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12112e;
$custom-light: #524f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12112e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19792,
    "c": 0.05645,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12112E

secondary

#656634

accent

#D652D1

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020106

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12112E

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

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