#14042B#14042B

#14042B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.9% C 0.076 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#14042B
RGB	rgb(20, 4, 43)
HSL	hsl(265, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(265, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 90.7%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.70, 15.49, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.70, 26.50, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(16.92% 0.0345 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(16.92% 0.076 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.7678, 0.4100, 2.3237)
Luminance	0.0041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#14042B #1B2B04

analogous

#04082B #14042B #28042B

triadic

#14042B #2B1404 #042B14

tetradic

#14042B #2B0408 #1B2B04 #042B28

square

#14042B #2B0408 #1B2B04 #042B28

split-complementary

#14042B #2B2804 #082B04

monochromatic

#0D031C #0D031C #14042B #2E0963 #480E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.41

#14042B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#14042B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #14042B

19.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##14042B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##14042B	1.00	19.41	1.08	19.41
#FFFFFF	19.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E0D16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0D0D0D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #14042b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 4, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.9% 0.076 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524864',
    500: '#14042b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #14042b;
$custom-light: #524864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#14042b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16924,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#14042B

secondary

#4D6E1D

accent

#F92EA6

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E6EB

border

#C3C2C6

text

#020005

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #14042B

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

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