#140C2A#140C2A

#140C2A is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.5% C 0.058 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C2A
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 42)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.23, 11.78, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.23, 21.80, 302.72°)
OKLab	oklab(18.52% 0.0219 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(18.52% 0.058 292)
XYZ	xyz(0.8378, 0.5788, 2.2576)
Luminance	0.0058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C2A #222A0C

analogous

#0C132A #140C2A #230C2A

triadic

#140C2A #2A140C #0C2A14

tetradic

#140C2A #2A0C13 #222A0C #0C2A23

square

#140C2A #2A0C13 #222A0C #0C2A23

split-complementary

#140C2A #2A230C #132A0C

monochromatic

#0B0718 #0B0718 #140C2A #2B1A5A #412789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.82

#140C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.12

#140C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C2A

18.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C2A	1.00	18.82	1.12	18.82
#FFFFFF	18.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01122B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#021129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E1319

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.5% 0.058 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524c63',
    500: '#140c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c2a;
$custom-light: #524c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1852,
    "c": 0.05844,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.00579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C2A

secondary

#56652D

accent

#DF49B7

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7EA

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020105

muted

#787779

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C2A

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

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