#12164B#12164B

#12164B is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.097 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12164B
RGB	rgb(18, 22, 75)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 70.7%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.63, 18.63, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.63, 38.25, 299.14°)
OKLab	oklab(23.71% 0.0053 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(23.71% 0.097 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8059, 1.2102, 6.7937)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12164B #4B4712

analogous

#12324B #12164B #2A124B

triadic

#12164B #4B1216 #164B12

tetradic

#12164B #4B1232 #4B4712 #124B2A

square

#12164B #4B1232 #4B4712 #124B2A

split-complementary

#12164B #4B2A12 #324B12

monochromatic

#060719 #06081A #12164B #1E247C #2A33AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.91

#12164B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#12164B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12164B

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12164B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12164B	1.00	16.91	1.24	16.91
#FFFFFF	16.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12164b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 22, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.097 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59537e',
    500: '#12164b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12164b;
$custom-light: #59537e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12164b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.789,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23712,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12164B

secondary

#847E35

accent

#D943E4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #12164B

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

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