#12176A#12176A

#12176A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.140 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12176A
RGB	rgb(18, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(237, 71%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(237, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.30, 30.13, -48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.30, 56.88, 301.98°)
OKLab	oklab(27.38% 0.0005 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(27.38% 0.14 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.1565, 1.7816, 13.8104)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12176A #6A6512

analogous

#12436A #12176A #39126A

triadic

#12176A #6A1217 #176A12

tetradic

#12176A #6A1243 #6A6512 #126A39

square

#12176A #6A1243 #6A6512 #126A39

split-complementary

#12176A #6A3912 #436A12

monochromatic

#04061A #090C36 #12176A #1B229E #242ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.48

#12176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#12176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12176A

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12176A	1.00	15.48	1.36	15.48
#FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00296C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.140 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625596',
    500: '#12176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12176a;
$custom-light: #625596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.591,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27383,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12176A

secondary

#A29B36

accent

#E43AEE

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE8F2

border

#C6C4CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #12176A

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

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