#140E42#140E42

#140E42 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.093 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140E42
RGB	rgb(20, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(247, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(247, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.73, 21.10, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.73, 38.20, 303.53°)
OKLab	oklab(21.36% 0.0165 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(21.36% 0.093 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4286, 0.8560, 5.2432)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140E42 #3C420E

analogous

#0E2242 #140E42 #2E0E42

triadic

#140E42 #42140E #0E4214

tetradic

#140E42 #420E22 #3C420E #0E422E

square

#140E42 #420E22 #3C420E #0E422E

split-complementary

#140E42 #422E0E #22420E

monochromatic

#080519 #080519 #140E42 #231974 #3323A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.93

#140E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#140E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140E42

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140E42	1.00	17.93	1.17	17.93
#FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.093 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594d77',
    500: '#140e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140e42;
$custom-light: #594d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21362,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140E42

secondary

#747D2F

accent

#E840D5

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140E42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →