#140B38#140B38

#140B38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.7% C 0.082 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140B38
RGB	rgb(20, 11, 56)
HSL	hsl(252, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(252, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 80.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.08, 18.65, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.08, 33.10, 304.29°)
OKLab	oklab(19.73% 0.0216 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(19.73% 0.082 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.1218, 0.6735, 3.8115)
Luminance	0.0067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140B38 #2F380B

analogous

#0B1838 #140B38 #2A0B38

triadic

#140B38 #38140B #0B3814

tetradic

#140B38 #380B18 #2F380B #0B382A

square

#140B38 #380B18 #2F380B #0B382A

split-complementary

#140B38 #382A0B #18380B

monochromatic

#09051A #09051A #140B38 #26156B #391F9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.51

#140B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#140B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140B38

18.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140B38	1.00	18.51	1.13	18.51
#FFFFFF	18.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#051720

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 11, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.7% 0.082 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#564b6f',
    500: '#140b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140b38;
$custom-light: #564b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19726,
    "c": 0.0824,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140B38

secondary

#66752A

accent

#EA3EC8

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #140B38

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

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