#140538#140538

#140538 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.7% C 0.091 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140538
RGB	rgb(20, 5, 56)
HSL	hsl(258, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(258, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 91.1%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.90, 21.49, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.90, 36.30, 306.29°)
OKLab	oklab(18.65% 0.0282 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(18.65% 0.091 288)
XYZ	xyz(1.0564, 0.5427, 3.7897)
Luminance	0.0054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140538 #293805

analogous

#051038 #140538 #2E0538

triadic

#140538 #381405 #053814

tetradic

#140538 #380510 #293805 #05382E

square

#140538 #380510 #293805 #05382E

split-complementary

#140538 #382E05 #103805

monochromatic

#0A031C #0A031C #140538 #280A70 #3C0FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.94

#140538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#140538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140538

18.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140538	1.00	18.94	1.11	18.94
#FFFFFF	18.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 5, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.7% 0.091 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56486f',
    500: '#140538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140538;
$custom-light: #56486f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18654,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.00543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140538

secondary

#5F7920

accent

#FA2EBE

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EC

border

#C5C2C7

text

#030007

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #140538

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →