#12496A#12496A

#12496A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.079 H 240.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12496A
RGB	rgb(18, 73, 106)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(203, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 31.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, -4.81, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 24.61, 258.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% -0.0389 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.079 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2325, 5.9337, 14.5024)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12496A #6A3312

analogous

#126A5F #12496A #121D6A

triadic

#12496A #6A1249 #496A12

tetradic

#12496A #5F126A #6A3312 #1D6A12

square

#12496A #5F126A #6A3312 #1D6A12

split-complementary

#12496A #6A121D #6A5F12

monochromatic

#04121A #092536 #12496A #1B6D9E #2491D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#12496A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#12496A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12496A

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12496A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12496A	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39496B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12496a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 73, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.079 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#607b95',
    500: '#12496a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12496a;
$custom-light: #607b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12496a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38755,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12496A

secondary

#A25F36

accent

#7D3AEE

background

#F6F7F9

surface

#EBEDF1

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090D

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #12496A

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

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