#140849#140849

#140849 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.110 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140849
RGB	rgb(20, 8, 73)
HSL	hsl(251, 80%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(251, 89%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 89%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.26, 27.30, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.26, 46.43, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(21.26% 0.0191 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(21.26% 0.11 280)
XYZ	xyz(1.5775, 0.8033, 6.3740)
Luminance	0.0080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140849 #3D4908

analogous

#081C49 #140849 #340849

triadic

#140849 #491408 #084914

tetradic

#140849 #49081C #3D4908 #084934

square

#140849 #49081C #3D4908 #084934

split-complementary

#140849 #493408 #1C4908

monochromatic

#08031C #08031C #140849 #230E80 #3214B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.09

#140849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#140849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140849

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140849	1.00	18.09	1.16	18.09
#FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00184B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 8, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.110 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4a7d',
    500: '#140849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140849;
$custom-light: #5b4a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.077,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21259,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.00803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140849

secondary

#758726

accent

#F731D2

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #140849

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

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