#140542#140542

#140542 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.9% C 0.104 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140542
RGB	rgb(20, 5, 66)
HSL	hsl(255, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(255, 92%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 92.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.88, 26.07, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.88, 43.55, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(19.91% 0.024 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(19.91% 0.105 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3258, 0.6505, 5.2089)
Luminance	0.0065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140542 #334205

analogous

#051542 #140542 #330542

triadic

#140542 #421405 #054214

tetradic

#140542 #420515 #334205 #054233

square

#140542 #420515 #334205 #054233

split-complementary

#140542 #423305 #154205

monochromatic

#09021C #09021C #140542 #25097B #360EB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.58

#140542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#140542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140542

18.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140542	1.00	18.58	1.13	18.58
#FFFFFF	18.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001824

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 5, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.9% 0.104 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594877',
    500: '#140542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140542;
$custom-light: #594877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 85.915,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19905,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140542

secondary

#6A8220

accent

#FC2CC9

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E6ED

border

#C5C2C8

text

#040009

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140542

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

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