#12194E#12194E

#12194E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.097 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12194E
RGB	rgb(18, 25, 78)
HSL	hsl(233, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(233, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 67.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.78, 17.64, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.78, 37.95, 297.70°)
OKLab	oklab(24.65% 0.0025 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(24.65% 0.097 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9718, 1.3737, 7.3675)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12194E #4E4712

analogous

#12374E #12194E #29124E

triadic

#12194E #4E1219 #194E12

tetradic

#12194E #4E1237 #4E4712 #124E29

square

#12194E #4E1237 #4E4712 #124E29

split-complementary

#12194E #4E2912 #374E12

monochromatic

#060819 #07091C #12194E #1D2980 #2939B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.47

#12194E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#12194E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12194E

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12194E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12194E	1.00	16.47	1.27	16.47
#FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12194e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 25, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.097 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a5580',
    500: '#12194e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12194e;
$custom-light: #5a5580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12194e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24648,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12194E

secondary

#877D35

accent

#D342E6

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E8EE

border

#C5C4C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #12194E

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

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