#140C41#140C41

#140C41 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.9% C 0.094 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C41
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 65)
HSL	hsl(249, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(249, 82%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 81.5%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.16, 21.95, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.16, 38.86, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(20.9% 0.0185 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(20.9% 0.094 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3738, 0.7932, 5.0807)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C41 #39410C

analogous

#0C1E41 #140C41 #2F0C41

triadic

#140C41 #41140C #0C4114

tetradic

#140C41 #410C1E #39410C #0C412F

square

#140C41 #410C1E #39410C #0C412F

split-complementary

#140C41 #412F0C #1E410C

monochromatic

#08051A #08051A #140C41 #241675 #341FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.13

#140C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#140C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C41

18.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C41	1.00	18.13	1.16	18.13
#FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001B25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.9% 0.094 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594b76',
    500: '#140c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c41;
$custom-light: #594b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.057,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20903,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C41

secondary

#717D2C

accent

#EC3CD1

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C41

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

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