#121E36#121E36

#121E36 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.049 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#121E36
RGB	rgb(18, 30, 54)
HSL	hsl(220, 50%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(220, 67%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 44.4%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.44, 3.69, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.44, 17.70, 282.04°)
OKLab	oklab(23.77% -0.006 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(23.77% 0.049 263)
XYZ	xyz(1.3794, 1.3234, 3.6721)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#121E36 #362A12

analogous

#123036 #121E36 #181236

triadic

#121E36 #36121E #1E3612

tetradic

#121E36 #361230 #362A12 #123618

square

#121E36 #361230 #362A12 #123618

split-complementary

#121E36 #361812 #303612

monochromatic

#080D17 #080D17 #121E36 #213864 #315192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.61

#121E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#121E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #121E36

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##121E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##121E36	1.00	16.61	1.26	16.61
#FFFFFF	16.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002327

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #121e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 30, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.049 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53596d',
    500: '#121e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #121e36;
$custom-light: #53596d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#121e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23772,
    "c": 0.0494,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.01323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#121E36

secondary

#6F5B35

accent

#AB4EDA

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #121E36

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

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