#12164C#12164C

#12164C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.098 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12164C
RGB	rgb(18, 22, 76)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.73, 19.04, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.73, 38.91, 299.29°)
OKLab	oklab(23.82% 0.0052 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(23.82% 0.098 273)
XYZ	xyz(1.8404, 1.2240, 6.9753)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12164C #4C4812

analogous

#12334C #12164C #2B124C

triadic

#12164C #4C1216 #164C12

tetradic

#12164C #4C1233 #4C4812 #124C2B

square

#12164C #4C1233 #4C4812 #124C2B

split-complementary

#12164C #4C2B12 #334C12

monochromatic

#060719 #06081B #12164C #1E247D #2933AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.87

#12164C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#12164C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12164C

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12164C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12164C	1.00	16.87	1.24	16.87
#FFFFFF	16.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00204E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12164c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 22, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.098 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59537f',
    500: '#12164c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12164c;
$custom-light: #59537f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12164c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23817,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.01224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12164C

secondary

#857F35

accent

#DA43E5

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #12164C

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

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