#140948#140948

#140948 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.108 H 280.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140948
RGB	rgb(20, 9, 72)
HSL	hsl(250, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(250, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 87.5%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.33, 26.37, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.33, 45.22, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(21.28% 0.0188 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(21.28% 0.108 280)
XYZ	xyz(1.5555, 0.8119, 6.2044)
Luminance	0.0081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140948 #3D4809

analogous

#091D48 #140948 #330948

triadic

#140948 #481409 #094814

tetradic

#140948 #48091D #3D4809 #094833

square

#140948 #48091D #3D4809 #094833

split-complementary

#140948 #483309 #1D4809

monochromatic

#08031B #08031B #140948 #23107E #3217B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.07

#140948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#140948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140948

18.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140948	1.00	18.07	1.16	18.07
#FFFFFF	18.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00184A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 9, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.108 280.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4a7c',
    500: '#140948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140948;
$custom-light: #5b4a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.476,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21279,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 280
  },
  "luminance": 0.00812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140948

secondary

#758527

accent

#F434D3

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140948

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

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