#142E8A#142E8A

#142E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.156 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#142E8A
RGB	rgb(20, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(227, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(227, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 27.33, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 60.16, 297.02°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% -0.0112 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.156 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8513, 3.9370, 24.4913)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#142E8A #8A7014

analogous

#14698A #142E8A #35148A

triadic

#142E8A #8A142E #2E8A14

tetradic

#142E8A #8A1469 #8A7014 #148A35

square

#142E8A #8A1469 #8A7014 #148A35

split-complementary

#142E8A #8A3514 #698A14

monochromatic

#050A1F #0C1C55 #142E8A #1C40BF #365CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#142E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#142E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #142E8A

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##142E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##142E8A	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #142e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.156 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a66ad',
    500: '#142e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #142e8a;
$custom-light: #6a66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#142e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.78,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35075,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#142E8A

secondary

#BEA13C

accent

#C836F1

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #142E8A

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

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