#140E48#140E48

#140E48 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.102 H 278.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140E48
RGB	rgb(20, 14, 72)
HSL	hsl(246, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(246, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 80.6%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.40, 23.37, -34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.40, 42.07, 303.75°)
OKLab	oklab(22.04% 0.0152 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(22.04% 0.102 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.6149, 0.9305, 6.2241)
Luminance	0.0093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140E48 #42480E

analogous

#0E2548 #140E48 #310E48

triadic

#140E48 #48140E #0E4814

tetradic

#140E48 #480E25 #42480E #0E4831

square

#140E48 #480E25 #42480E #0E4831

split-complementary

#140E48 #48310E #25480E

monochromatic

#07051A #07051A #140E48 #22187B #3022AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.70

#140E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#140E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140E48

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140E48	1.00	17.70	1.19	17.70
#FFFFFF	17.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 14, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.102 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4d7c',
    500: '#140e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140e48;
$custom-light: #5a4d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.207,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22043,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140E48

secondary

#7A832F

accent

#EA3DD8

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #140E48

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

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