#12194B#12194B

#12194B is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.092 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12194B
RGB	rgb(18, 25, 75)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(233, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 66.7%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.50, 16.39, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.50, 35.95, 297.12°)
OKLab	oklab(24.35% 0.0026 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(24.35% 0.092 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.8667, 1.3317, 6.8139)
Luminance	0.0133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12194B #4B4412

analogous

#12354B #12194B #27124B

triadic

#12194B #4B1219 #194B12

tetradic

#12194B #4B1235 #4B4412 #124B27

square

#12194B #4B1235 #4B4412 #124B27

split-complementary

#12194B #4B2712 #354B12

monochromatic

#060819 #06091A #12194B #1E297C #2A3AAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.58

#12194B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#12194B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12194B

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12194B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12194B	1.00	16.58	1.27	16.58
#FFFFFF	16.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00214D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12194b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 25, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.092 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59557e',
    500: '#12194b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12194b;
$custom-light: #59557e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12194b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.632,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24347,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12194B

secondary

#847A35

accent

#D143E4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E8EE

border

#C5C4C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #12194B

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

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