#140C40#140C40

#140C40 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.8% C 0.093 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C40
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 64)
HSL	hsl(249, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(249, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 81.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.06, 21.54, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.06, 38.18, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(20.79% 0.0188 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(20.79% 0.093 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3451, 0.7817, 4.9295)
Luminance	0.0078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C40 #38400C

analogous

#0C1E40 #140C40 #2E0C40

triadic

#140C40 #40140C #0C4014

tetradic

#140C40 #400C1E #38400C #0C402E

square

#140C40 #400C1E #38400C #0C402E

split-complementary

#140C40 #402E0C #1E400C

monochromatic

#08051A #08051A #140C40 #241674 #341FA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.16

#140C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#140C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C40

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C40	1.00	18.16	1.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00143F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001A25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.8% 0.093 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584b75',
    500: '#140c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c40;
$custom-light: #584b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20789,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C40

secondary

#707C2C

accent

#EB3DD0

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C40

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

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