#140436#140436

#140436 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.2% C 0.090 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140436
RGB	rgb(20, 4, 54)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(259, 93%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 92.6%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.53, 20.97, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.53, 35.29, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(18.22% 0.0302 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(18.22% 0.09 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.9976, 0.5019, 3.5336)
Luminance	0.0050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140436 #263604

analogous

#040D36 #140436 #2D0436

triadic

#140436 #361404 #043614

tetradic

#140436 #36040D #263604 #04362D

square

#140436 #36040D #263604 #04362D

split-complementary

#140436 #362D04 #0D3604

monochromatic

#0B021C #0B021C #140436 #29086F #3E0CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.08

#140436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#140436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140436

19.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140436	1.00	19.08	1.10	19.08
#FFFFFF	19.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07121D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 4, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.2% 0.090 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55476d',
    500: '#140436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140436;
$custom-light: #55476d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18216,
    "c": 0.09022,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140436

secondary

#5B781E

accent

#FC2BBA

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EC

border

#C5C2C7

text

#030007

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #140436

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

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