#140437#140437

#140437 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.3% C 0.092 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140437
RGB	rgb(20, 4, 55)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(259, 93%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 92.7%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.62, 21.46, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.62, 36.07, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(18.34% 0.0298 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(18.34% 0.092 289)
XYZ	xyz(1.0213, 0.5113, 3.6586)
Luminance	0.0051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140437 #273704

analogous

#040D37 #140437 #2E0437

triadic

#140437 #371404 #043714

tetradic

#140437 #37040D #273704 #04372E

square

#140437 #37040D #273704 #04372E

split-complementary

#140437 #372E04 #0D3704

monochromatic

#0A021D #0A021D #140437 #290870 #3D0CA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.05

#140437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#140437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140437

19.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140437	1.00	19.05	1.10	19.05
#FFFFFF	19.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06121D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 4, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.3% 0.092 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56476e',
    500: '#140437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140437;
$custom-light: #56476e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.824,
    "s": 86.441,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18339,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.00511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140437

secondary

#5C791E

accent

#FD2BBB

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EC

border

#C5C2C7

text

#030007

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #140437

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

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