#1C142A#1C142A

#1C142A is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.043 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C142A
RGB	rgb(28, 20, 42)
HSL	hsl(262, 35%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 52.4%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.26, 10.13, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.26, 16.89, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(21.32% 0.0213 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(21.32% 0.043 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.1469, 0.9143, 2.3061)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 10.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C142A #222A14

analogous

#14172A #1C142A #27142A

triadic

#1C142A #2A1C14 #142A1C

tetradic

#1C142A #2A1417 #222A14 #142A27

square

#1C142A #2A1417 #222A14 #142A27

split-complementary

#1C142A #2A2714 #172A14

monochromatic

#0E0A15 #0E0A15 #1C142A #382853 #533B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.75

#1C142A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#1C142A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1C142A

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C142A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1C142A	1.00	17.75	1.18	17.75
#FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E182B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19181C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c142a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 20, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.043 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595163',
    500: '#1c142a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c142a;
$custom-light: #595163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c142a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21318,
    "c": 0.04337,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C142A

secondary

#52603A

accent

#CC5CA3

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030205

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C142A

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

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