#12517E#12517E

#12517E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.096 H 245.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12517E
RGB	rgb(18, 81, 126)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(205, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, -1.89, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 30.86, 266.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% -0.0402 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.096 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9563, 7.5189, 20.8193)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12517E #7E3F12

analogous

#127E75 #12517E #121B7E

triadic

#12517E #7E1251 #517E12

tetradic

#12517E #75127E #7E3F12 #1B7E12

square

#12517E #75127E #7E3F12 #1B7E12

split-complementary

#12517E #7E121B #7E7512

monochromatic

#04111B #0A2F48 #12517E #1A73B4 #2A94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#12517E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#12517E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #12517E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12517E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##12517E	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C5380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12517e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 81, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.096 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6481a3',
    500: '#12517e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12517e;
$custom-light: #6481a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12517e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4205,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12517E

secondary

#B46C38

accent

#8436F2

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#EBEEF4

border

#C6C9CE

text

#060A0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #12517E

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

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