#12222C#12222C

#12222C is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.029 H 237.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12222C
RGB	rgb(18, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.32, -3.22, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.32, 9.32, 249.80°)
OKLab	oklab(24.27% -0.0157 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(24.27% 0.029 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.2759, 1.4544, 2.5959)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12222C #2C1C12

analogous

#122C29 #12222C #12152C

triadic

#12222C #2C1222 #222C12

tetradic

#12222C #29122C #2C1C12 #152C12

square

#12222C #29122C #2C1C12 #152C12

split-complementary

#12222C #2C1215 #2C2912

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #12222C #244457 #366583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.27

#12222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#12222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12222C

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12222C	1.00	16.27	1.29	16.27
#FFFFFF	16.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D222C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.029 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525c65',
    500: '#12222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12222c;
$custom-light: #525c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24273,
    "c": 0.02892,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12222C

secondary

#634836

accent

#8656D2

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020405

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12222C

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

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