#140840#140840

#140840 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.1% C 0.098 H 283.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140840
RGB	rgb(20, 8, 64)
HSL	hsl(253, 78%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(253, 88%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 87.5%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.26, 23.66, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.26, 40.48, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(20.15% 0.0222 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(20.15% 0.098 283.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.3005, 0.6925, 4.9146)
Luminance	0.0069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140840 #344008

analogous

#081840 #140840 #300840

triadic

#140840 #401408 #084014

tetradic

#140840 #400818 #344008 #084030

square

#140840 #400818 #344008 #084030

split-complementary

#140840 #403008 #184008

monochromatic

#08031B #08031B #140840 #250F76 #3616AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.44

#140840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#140840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140840

18.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140840	1.00	18.44	1.14	18.44
#FFFFFF	18.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00123F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001824

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 8, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.1% 0.098 283.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584975',
    500: '#140840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140840;
$custom-light: #584975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20146,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 283.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140840

secondary

#6B7E25

accent

#F434CB

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140840

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

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