#140A4E#140A4E

#140A4E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.115 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140A4E
RGB	rgb(20, 10, 78)
HSL	hsl(249, 77%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(249, 87%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 87.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.27, 27.97, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.27, 48.29, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(22.17% 0.0162 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(22.17% 0.115 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.7717, 0.9157, 7.2896)
Luminance	0.0092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140A4E #444E0A

analogous

#0A224E #140A4E #360A4E

triadic

#140A4E #4E140A #0A4E14

tetradic

#140A4E #4E0A22 #444E0A #0A4E36

square

#140A4E #4E0A22 #444E0A #0A4E36

split-complementary

#140A4E #4E360A #224E0A

monochromatic

#07031B #07031B #140A4E #221184 #3018BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.75

#140A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#140A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140A4E

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140A4E	1.00	17.75	1.18	17.75
#FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00154D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 10, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.115 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4b80',
    500: '#140a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140a4e;
$custom-light: #5c4b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.824,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22166,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140A4E

secondary

#7C8B29

accent

#F434D8

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #140A4E

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

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