#12272E#12272E

#12272E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 25.9% C 0.030 H 221.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12272E
RGB	rgb(18, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.27, -5.96, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.27, 9.34, 230.37°)
OKLab	oklab(25.86% -0.0224 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(25.86% 0.03 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.4679, 1.7768, 2.8498)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12272E #2E1912

analogous

#122E27 #12272E #12192E

triadic

#12272E #2E1227 #272E12

tetradic

#12272E #27122E #2E1912 #192E12

square

#12272E #27122E #2E1912 #192E12

split-complementary

#12272E #2E1219 #2E2712

monochromatic

#091316 #091316 #12272E #234C5A #347286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.49

#12272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#12272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12272E

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12272E	1.00	15.49	1.36	15.49
#FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23262E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F232E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042929

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.9% 0.030 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#526166',
    500: '#12272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12272e;
$custom-light: #526166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25857,
    "c": 0.02993,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12272E

secondary

#664236

accent

#7454D3

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020506

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #12272E

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

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