#140C49#140C49

#140C49 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.106 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C49
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 73)
HSL	hsl(248, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(248, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.06, 25.02, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.06, 44.03, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(21.84% 0.0164 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(21.84% 0.106 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6222, 0.8926, 6.3888)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C49 #41490C

analogous

#0C2349 #140C49 #330C49

triadic

#140C49 #49140C #0C4914

tetradic

#140C49 #490C23 #41490C #0C4933

square

#140C49 #490C23 #41490C #0C4933

split-complementary

#140C49 #49330C #23490C

monochromatic

#07041A #07041A #140C49 #22157E #311DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.82

#140C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#140C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C49

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C49	1.00	17.82	1.18	17.82
#FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.106 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4c7c',
    500: '#140c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c49;
$custom-light: #5b4c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.869,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21839,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C49

secondary

#79852C

accent

#EE39D7

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C49

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

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