#18042E#18042E

#18042E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.9% C 0.080 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18042E
RGB	rgb(24, 4, 46)
HSL	hsl(269, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(269, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 91.3%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.32, 18.70, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.32, 29.46, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(17.85% 0.041 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(17.85% 0.08 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.9131, 0.4783, 2.6284)
Luminance	0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18042E #1A2E04

analogous

#04052E #18042E #2D042E

triadic

#18042E #2E1804 #042E18

tetradic

#18042E #2E0405 #1A2E04 #042E2D

square

#18042E #2E0405 #1A2E04 #042E2D

split-complementary

#18042E #2E2D04 #052E04

monochromatic

#0F021C #0F021C #18042E #350966 #530E9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.17

#18042E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#18042E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #18042E

19.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18042E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##18042E	1.00	19.17	1.10	19.17
#FFFFFF	19.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#130E18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18042e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 4, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.9% 0.080 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#564867',
    500: '#18042e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18042e;
$custom-light: #564867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18042e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 84,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17852,
    "c": 0.08015,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18042E

secondary

#49711D

accent

#FA2E99

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #18042E

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

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