#12142E#12142E

#12142E is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.5% C 0.051 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12142E
RGB	rgb(18, 20, 46)
HSL	hsl(236, 44%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(236, 61%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 56.5%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.46, 8.16, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.46, 19.59, 294.62°)
OKLab	oklab(20.53% 0.0067 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(20.53% 0.051 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.9926, 0.8261, 2.6914)
Luminance	0.0083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12142E #2E2C12

analogous

#12222E #12142E #1E122E

triadic

#12142E #2E1214 #142E12

tetradic

#12142E #2E1222 #2E2C12 #122E1E

square

#12142E #2E1222 #2E2C12 #122E1E

split-complementary

#12142E #2E1E12 #222E12

monochromatic

#090A16 #090A16 #12142E #23275A #343A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.02

#12142E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#12142E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12142E

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12142E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12142E	1.00	18.02	1.17	18.02
#FFFFFF	18.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09182F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07152D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#071A1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12142e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 20, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.5% 0.051 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525167',
    500: '#12142e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12142e;
$custom-light: #525167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12142e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20531,
    "c": 0.05112,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12142E

secondary

#666236

accent

#CA54D3

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020206

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12142E

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

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