#18142A#18142A

#18142A is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 20.8% C 0.043 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18142A
RGB	rgb(24, 20, 42)
HSL	hsl(251, 35%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 52.4%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.78, 8.66, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.78, 16.71, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(20.84% 0.015 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(20.84% 0.043 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0447, 0.8616, 2.3013)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 9.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18142A #262A14

analogous

#141B2A #18142A #23142A

triadic

#18142A #2A1814 #142A18

tetradic

#18142A #2A141B #262A14 #142A23

square

#18142A #2A141B #262A14 #142A23

split-complementary

#18142A #2A2314 #1B2A14

monochromatic

#0C0A15 #0C0A15 #18142A #302853 #473B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.91

#18142A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#18142A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #18142A

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18142A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##18142A	1.00	17.91	1.17	17.91
#FFFFFF	17.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D172B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D1729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14181C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18142a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 20, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.8% 0.043 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565163',
    500: '#18142a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18142a;
$custom-light: #565163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18142a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20844,
    "c": 0.04287,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18142A

secondary

#59603A

accent

#CC5CB7

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030205

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #18142A

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

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