#140C48#140C48

#140C48 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.104 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C48
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 72)
HSL	hsl(248, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(248, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 83.3%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.94, 24.65, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.94, 43.41, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(21.72% 0.0167 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(21.72% 0.104 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.5893, 0.8794, 6.2156)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C48 #40480C

analogous

#0C2248 #140C48 #320C48

triadic

#140C48 #48140C #0C4814

tetradic

#140C48 #480C22 #40480C #0C4832

square

#140C48 #480C22 #40480C #0C4832

split-complementary

#140C48 #48320C #22480C

monochromatic

#07041A #07041A #140C48 #23157C #311DB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.86

#140C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#140C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C48

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C48	1.00	17.86	1.18	17.86
#FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.104 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4c7c',
    500: '#140c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c48;
$custom-light: #5a4c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2172,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C48

secondary

#78842C

accent

#EE3AD6

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C48

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

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