#140C36#140C36

#140C36 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.7% C 0.078 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C36
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 54)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(251, 78%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 77.8%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.12, 17.24, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.12, 31.05, 303.73°)
OKLab	oklab(19.7% 0.0208 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(19.7% 0.078 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0856, 0.6779, 3.5630)
Luminance	0.0068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C36 #2E360C

analogous

#0C1936 #140C36 #290C36

triadic

#140C36 #36140C #0C3614

tetradic

#140C36 #360C19 #2E360C #0C3629

square

#140C36 #360C19 #2E360C #0C3629

split-complementary

#140C36 #36290C #19360C

monochromatic

#090619 #090619 #140C36 #271768 #39229A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.49

#140C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#140C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C36

18.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C36	1.00	18.49	1.14	18.49
#FFFFFF	18.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06171F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.7% 0.078 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554b6d',
    500: '#140c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c36;
$custom-light: #554b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19696,
    "c": 0.07785,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C36

secondary

#65722C

accent

#E741C7

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C36

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

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