#140C45#140C45

#140C45 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.100 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C45
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 69)
HSL	hsl(248, 70%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(248, 83%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 82.6%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.60, 23.53, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.60, 41.50, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(21.37% 0.0175 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(21.37% 0.1 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4938, 0.8412, 5.7127)
Luminance	0.0084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C45 #3D450C

analogous

#0C2045 #140C45 #300C45

triadic

#140C45 #45140C #0C4514

tetradic

#140C45 #450C20 #3D450C #0C4530

square

#140C45 #450C20 #3D450C #0C4530

split-complementary

#140C45 #45300C #20450C

monochromatic

#08051A #08051A #140C45 #231579 #321EAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.98

#140C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#140C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C45

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C45	1.00	17.98	1.17	17.98
#FFFFFF	17.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.100 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4c79',
    500: '#140c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c45;
$custom-light: #5a4c79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.421,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21366,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C45

secondary

#75812C

accent

#ED3BD4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C45

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

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