#121E1E#121E1E

#121E1E is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.017 H 196.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#121E1E
RGB	rgb(18, 30, 30)
HSL	hsl(180, 25%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(180, 40%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.19, -5.26, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.19, 5.53, 197.95°)
OKLab	oklab(22.38% -0.0163 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(22.38% 0.017 196)
XYZ	xyz(0.9480, 1.1508, 1.4002)
Luminance	0.0115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#121E1E #1E1212

analogous

#121E18 #121E1E #12181E

triadic

#121E1E #1E121E #1E1E12

tetradic

#121E1E #18121E #1E1212 #181E12

square

#121E1E #18121E #1E1212 #181E12

split-complementary

#121E1E #1E1218 #1E1812

monochromatic

#0B1313 #0B1313 #121E1E #294444 #406B6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.07

#121E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#121E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #121E1E

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##121E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##121E1E	1.00	17.07	1.23	17.07
#FFFFFF	17.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E1F1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #121e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 30, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.017 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#505959',
    500: '#121e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #121e1e;
$custom-light: #505959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#121e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22379,
    "c": 0.01693,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.01151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#121E1E

secondary

#523A3A

accent

#6666C1

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020303

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #121E1E

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

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