#12121A#12121A

#12121A is a very dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.6% C 0.016 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12121A
RGB	rgb(18, 18, 26)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(240, 31%, 10%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 30.8%, 0%, 89.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.74, 1.96, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.74, 5.64, 290.35°)
OKLab	oklab(18.61% 0.0041 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(18.61% 0.016 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.6522, 0.6358, 1.0654)
Luminance	0.0064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12121A #1A1A12

analogous

#12161A #12121A #16121A

triadic

#12121A #1A1212 #121A12

tetradic

#12121A #1A1216 #1A1A12 #121A16

square

#12121A #1A1216 #1A1A12 #121A16

split-complementary

#12121A #1A1612 #161A12

monochromatic

#0D0D12 #0D0D12 #12121A #2B2B3E #444462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.63

#12121A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#12121A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12121A

18.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12121A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12121A	1.00	18.63	1.13	18.63
#FFFFFF	18.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10131A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10121A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#101315

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12121a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 18, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.6% 0.016 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4f5056',
    500: '#12121a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12121a;
$custom-light: #4f5056;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12121a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18614,
    "c": 0.01622,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12121A

secondary

#4D4D3B

accent

#BB6DBB

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #12121A

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

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