#12194C#12194C

#12194C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.094 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12194C
RGB	rgb(18, 25, 76)
HSL	hsl(233, 62%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(233, 76%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 67.1%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.59, 16.80, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.59, 36.62, 297.32°)
OKLab	oklab(24.45% 0.0026 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(24.45% 0.094 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9012, 1.3455, 6.9956)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12194C #4C4512

analogous

#12364C #12194C #28124C

triadic

#12194C #4C1219 #194C12

tetradic

#12194C #4C1236 #4C4512 #124C28

square

#12194C #4C1236 #4C4512 #124C28

split-complementary

#12194C #4C2812 #364C12

monochromatic

#060819 #06091B #12194C #1E297D #293AAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.55

#12194C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#12194C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12194C

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12194C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12194C	1.00	16.55	1.27	16.55
#FFFFFF	16.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00214E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12194c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 25, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.094 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59557f',
    500: '#12194c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12194c;
$custom-light: #59557f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12194c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.759,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24447,
    "c": 0.09387,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12194C

secondary

#857B35

accent

#D143E5

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E8EE

border

#C5C4C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #12194C

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

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