#121E45#121E45

#121E45 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.075 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#121E45
RGB	rgb(18, 30, 69)
HSL	hsl(226, 59%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(226, 74%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 56.5%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.52, 10.02, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.52, 28.02, 290.96°)
OKLab	oklab(24.95% -0.0029 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(24.95% 0.075 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7875, 1.4866, 5.8218)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#121E45 #453912

analogous

#123845 #121E45 #1F1245

triadic

#121E45 #45121E #1E4512

tetradic

#121E45 #451238 #453912 #12451F

square

#121E45 #451238 #453912 #12451F

split-complementary

#121E45 #451F12 #384512

monochromatic

#060B18 #060B18 #121E45 #1F3376 #2B48A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.19

#121E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#121E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #121E45

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##121E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##121E45	1.00	16.19	1.30	16.19
#FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00272E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #121e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 30, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.075 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575979',
    500: '#121e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #121e45;
$custom-light: #575979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#121e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24954,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#121E45

secondary

#7E6D35

accent

#BD46E2

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030309

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #121E45

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

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