#140C4E#140C4E

#140C4E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.113 H 277.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140C4E
RGB	rgb(20, 12, 78)
HSL	hsl(247, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(247, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 84.6%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.67, 26.82, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.67, 47.09, 304.72°)
OKLab	oklab(22.44% 0.015 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(22.44% 0.113 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7947, 0.9616, 7.2973)
Luminance	0.0096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140C4E #464E0C

analogous

#0C254E #140C4E #350C4E

triadic

#140C4E #4E140C #0C4E14

tetradic

#140C4E #4E0C25 #464E0C #0C4E35

square

#140C4E #4E0C25 #464E0C #0C4E35

split-complementary

#140C4E #4E350C #254E0C

monochromatic

#07041B #07041B #140C4E #221483 #2F1CB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.61

#140C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#140C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140C4E

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140C4E	1.00	17.61	1.19	17.61
#FFFFFF	17.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00164D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00202D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 12, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.113 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4c80',
    500: '#140c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140c4e;
$custom-light: #5c4c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22444,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140C4E

secondary

#7E8A2C

accent

#F038DA

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #140C4E

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

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