#12181A#12181A

#12181A is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.010 H 220.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12181A
RGB	rgb(18, 24, 26)
HSL	hsl(195, 18%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(195, 31%, 10%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 89.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.74, -2.11, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.74, 3.15, 227.98°)
OKLab	oklab(20.37% -0.0076 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(20.37% 0.01 220)
XYZ	xyz(0.7625, 0.8564, 1.1022)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12181A #1A1412

analogous

#121A18 #12181A #12141A

triadic

#12181A #1A1218 #181A12

tetradic

#12181A #18121A #1A1412 #141A12

square

#12181A #18121A #1A1412 #141A12

split-complementary

#12181A #1A1214 #1A1812

monochromatic

#0D1112 #0D1112 #12181A #2B393E #445B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.93

#12181A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#12181A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12181A

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12181A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12181A	1.00	17.93	1.17	17.93
#FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17181A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15171A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#101919

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12181a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 24, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.010 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4f5456',
    500: '#12181a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12181a;
$custom-light: #4f5456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12181a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20374,
    "c": 0.0099,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.00856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12181A

secondary

#4D403B

accent

#806DBB

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #12181A

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

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