#140C38#140C38

#140C38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.9% C 0.081 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C38
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 56)
HSL	hsl(251, 65%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(251, 79%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 78.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.30, 18.13, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.30, 32.53, 303.88°)
OKLab	oklab(19.91% 0.0205 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(19.91% 0.081 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1336, 0.6971, 3.8154)
Luminance	0.0070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C38 #30380C

analogous

#0C1A38 #140C38 #2A0C38

triadic

#140C38 #38140C #0C3814

tetradic

#140C38 #380C1A #30380C #0C382A

square

#140C38 #380C1A #30380C #0C382A

split-complementary

#140C38 #382A0C #1A380C

monochromatic

#090519 #090519 #140C38 #26176A #38229D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.43

#140C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#140C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C38

18.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C38	1.00	18.43	1.14	18.43
#FFFFFF	18.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#051720

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.9% 0.081 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#564b6f',
    500: '#140c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c38;
$custom-light: #564b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19908,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C38

secondary

#67742C

accent

#E840C9

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C38

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

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