#12142D#12142D

#12142D is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.5% C 0.049 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12142D
RGB	rgb(18, 20, 45)
HSL	hsl(236, 43%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(236, 60%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 55.6%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.39, 7.74, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.39, 18.84, 294.26°)
OKLab	oklab(20.45% 0.0066 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(20.45% 0.049 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.9731, 0.8183, 2.5888)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12142D #2D2B12

analogous

#12212D #12142D #1E122D

triadic

#12142D #2D1214 #142D12

tetradic

#12142D #2D1221 #2D2B12 #122D1E

square

#12142D #2D1221 #2D2B12 #122D1E

split-complementary

#12142D #2D1E12 #212D12

monochromatic

#090A16 #090A16 #12142D #232759 #353B84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.05

#12142D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#12142D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12142D

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12142D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12142D	1.00	18.05	1.16	18.05
#FFFFFF	18.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A172E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07152C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08191E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12142d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 20, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.5% 0.049 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525166',
    500: '#12142d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12142d;
$custom-light: #525166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12142d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20451,
    "c": 0.04929,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12142D

secondary

#656136

accent

#C955D3

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020206

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12142D

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

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