#121C20#121C20

#121C20 is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.016 H 224.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#121C20
RGB	rgb(18, 28, 32)
HSL	hsl(197, 28%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 12.5%, 0%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.51, -3.19, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.51, 5.28, 232.86°)
OKLab	oklab(21.87% -0.0117 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(21.87% 0.016 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.9253, 1.0633, 1.5227)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#121C20 #201612

analogous

#12201D #121C20 #121520

triadic

#121C20 #20121C #1C2012

tetradic

#121C20 #1D1220 #201612 #152012

square

#121C20 #1D1220 #201612 #152012

split-complementary

#121C20 #201215 #201D12

monochromatic

#0B1114 #0B1114 #121C20 #283E47 #3E616E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.32

#121C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#121C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #121C20

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##121C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##121C20	1.00	17.32	1.21	17.32
#FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D1D1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #121c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 28, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.016 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#50585b',
    500: '#121c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #121c20;
$custom-light: #50585b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#121c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21865,
    "c": 0.01641,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#121C20

secondary

#554139

accent

#7F63C4

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #121C20

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

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