#121641#121641

#121641 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.7% C 0.081 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#121641
RGB	rgb(18, 22, 65)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.67, 14.49, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.67, 31.51, 297.38°)
OKLab	oklab(22.7% 0.0056 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(22.7% 0.081 274)
XYZ	xyz(1.4902, 1.0839, 5.1307)
Luminance	0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#121641 #413D12

analogous

#122E41 #121641 #261241

triadic

#121641 #411216 #164112

tetradic

#121641 #41122E #413D12 #124126

square

#121641 #41122E #413D12 #124126

split-complementary

#121641 #412612 #2E4112

monochromatic

#070818 #070818 #121641 #1F2671 #2D36A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.26

#121641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#121641 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #121641

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##121641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##121641	1.00	17.26	1.22	17.26
#FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #121641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 22, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.7% 0.081 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565276',
    500: '#121641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #121641;
$custom-light: #565276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#121641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.894,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22704,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.01084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#121641

secondary

#7A7435

accent

#D348E0

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #121641

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

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