#18142E#18142E

#18142E is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.050 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18142E
RGB	rgb(24, 20, 46)
HSL	hsl(249, 39%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(249, 57%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 56.5%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.05, 10.09, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.05, 19.62, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(21.14% 0.0158 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(21.14% 0.05 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1199, 0.8917, 2.6974)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18142E #2A2E14

analogous

#141D2E #18142E #25142E

triadic

#18142E #2E1814 #142E18

tetradic

#18142E #2E141D #2A2E14 #142E25

square

#18142E #2E141D #2A2E14 #142E25

split-complementary

#18142E #2E2514 #1D2E14

monochromatic

#0B0915 #0B0915 #18142E #2E2759 #453983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.82

#18142E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#18142E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #18142E

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18142E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##18142E	1.00	17.82	1.18	17.82
#FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A182F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A172D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12191E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18142e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 20, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.050 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565167',
    500: '#18142e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18142e;
$custom-light: #565167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18142e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2114,
    "c": 0.05012,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18142E

secondary

#5E6539

accent

#CF59BD

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030206

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #18142E

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

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