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#141293

a dark, electric blue · cool · closest name: Dark Blue

Token name suggestion: Slate Denim

RGB
20, 18, 147
HSL
241°, 78%, 32%
CMYK
86, 88, 0, 42
Luminance
0.0269

#141293 is a dark electric blue, 241° on the wheel and 83/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (13.66:1). As text it scores 13.66:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(241 78% 32%)rgb(20 18 147)Base step 800AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #141293 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#141293
Hue
241°
blue
Saturation
78%
electric
Lightness
32%
dark
Brightness
58%
HSV value
Perceived
21%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0269
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
83/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
13.66:1
Closest name
Dark Blue
ΔE2000 2.9
Chroma
81.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.320
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 26.2
Web-safe
#000099
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue241° of 360°
Saturation78%
Lightness32%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #141293.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool83% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red6%
Green16%
Blue78%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#141293
HEX (8-digit)#141293ff
RGBrgb(20, 18, 147)
RGBArgba(20, 18, 147, 1)
HSLhsl(241, 78%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241, 88%, 58%)
HWBhwb(241 7% 42%)
CMYKcmyk(86%, 88%, 0%, 42%)
LABlab(18.7 46.7 -67.0)
LCHlch(18.7 81.7 304.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.320 0.194 268.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(5.77, 2.69, 27.81)
Decimal1315475
Display P3color(display-p3 0.078 0.071 0.576)
Web-safe#000099

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #141293;
background-color: #141293;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #141293;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#141293] bg-[#141293]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #141293;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.078, green: 0.071, blue: 0.576)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.078, green: 0.071, blue: 0.576, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#141293</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF141293)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF141293)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(147, 18, 20)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(20, 18, 147)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(20, 18, 147)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 20, 18, 147)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.0784f, 0.0706f, 0.5765f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{20,18,147}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #141293 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #141293 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0F0E72, #D3D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #141293 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3F3FC;
  --brand-100: #E7E6F9;
  --brand-200: #C8C7F5;
  --brand-300: #9C9BF3;
  --brand-400: #6B69ED;
  --brand-500: #3A37E7;
  --brand-600: #1E1BDA;
  --brand-700: #1916B6;
  --brand-800: #141293;
  --brand-900: #121169;
  --brand-950: #0C0B42;
  --brand: #141293;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F4FA;
  --brand-border: #C0C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #100E73;
  --brand-pressed: #0B0A54;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141424;
    --brand-ink: #D3D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3F3FC',
        100: '#E7E6F9',
        200: '#C8C7F5',
        300: '#9C9BF3',
        400: '#6B69ED',
        500: '#3A37E7',
        600: '#1E1BDA',
        700: '#1916B6',
        800: '#141293',
        900: '#121169',
        950: '#0C0B42',
        DEFAULT: '#141293',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3F3FC,
  '100': #E7E6F9,
  '200': #C8C7F5,
  '300': #9C9BF3,
  '400': #6B69ED,
  '500': #3A37E7,
  '600': #1E1BDA,
  '700': #1916B6,
  '800': #141293,
  '900': #121169,
  '950': #0C0B42,
);
$brand-base: #141293;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3F3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7E6F9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C8C7F5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9C9BF3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6B69ED", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3A37E7", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1E1BDA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1916B6", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#141293", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#121169", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0C0B42", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #141293 · 13.66:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 13.66:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 1.54:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #141293 as text scores 13.66:1 on white and 1.54:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #E9E8FC at 11.32:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#141293 · 13.66:1
AA on whitealready passes
#141293
The quick fox
#141293 · 13.66:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#141293
The quick fox
#6462EC · 4.50:1
AA on black+33% L
#6462EC
The quick fox
#8C8BF1 · 7.08:1
AAA on black+42% L
#8C8BF1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #141293 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#141293 on white: 13.66:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#141293 on black: 1.54:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #141293 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #141293.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White13.66:1AaAa
Slate 5013.05:1AaAa
Slate 10012.47:1AaAa
Slate 20011.08:1AaAa
Slate 3009.20:1AaAa
Slate 4005.33:1AaAa
Slate 5002.87:1AaAa
Slate 6001.80:1AaAa
Slate 7001.32:1AaAa
Slate 8001.07:1AaAa
Slate 9001.31:1AaAa
Black1.54:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #003496
deuteranopia · #002791
tritanopia · #003E56

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #141293 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3F3FC
#E7E6F9
#C8C7F5
#9C9BF3
#6B69ED
#3A37E7
#1E1BDA
#1916B6
#141293
#121169
#0C0B42
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F3F3FCDarkest = 950 · #0C0B42Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.048 268.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.078 268.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.116 268.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.151 268.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.178 268.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.194 268.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.194 268.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.182 268.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.163 268.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.136 268.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.107 268.6);
}

Colors that work with #141293

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4C4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#97770F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0F0E72
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9E8FC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141424
Dark-mode background
Hover#100E73
One step down in lightness
Pressed#0B0A54
Two steps down
Disabled#7271A4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#0D0BAF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #141293

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight68/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#919312
Analogous left#125193
Analogous right#551293
Split-complement 1#935512
Split-complement 2#519312
Triadic 1#931412
Triadic 2#129314
Tetradic#931251
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°241°

#141293 sits at 241°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red7.8%
Green7.1%
Blue57.6%
R · 0–255
20
0x14
G · 0–255
18
0x12
B · 0–255
147
0x93

CMYK percentages

Cyan86.4%
Magenta87.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)42.4%

Total ink coverage is 217%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#141293 text on a black background

contrast 1.54:1

Card sample

#141293 text on a white background

contrast 13.66:1

Card sample

#141293 on grey

12.47:1

#141293 on its own surface

12.47:1

#141293 on its dark surface

1.33:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #141293;
Background color
Panel with #141293 background
background-color: #141293;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #141293;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(20, 18, 147, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(20, 18, 147, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #141293;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #141293, #6A1293);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #141293, #8A1293);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #141293;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #141293;
caret-color: #141293;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #141293;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9E8FC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #141293;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#141293 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #141293 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(20, 18, 147, 0.5)
rgb(20 18 147 / 50%)
#14129380
hsl(241 78% 32% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #141293 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#1412931a#E8E7F4
20%#14129333#D0D0E9
40%#14129366#A1A0D4
60%#14129399#7271BE
80%#141293cc#4341A9

Gradients from #141293

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1B19CA, #141293 45%, #0F0E72);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #141293, #5F0F78);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #141293, #919312);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #211EE3 0%, #141293 45%, #0F0E72 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #1878C1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7115AE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0F0E72 0%, transparent 65%), #141293;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #141293

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#141293 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very dark values collapse into each other on cheap panels — leave more lightness between your darkest steps than the numbers suggest.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 1.54:1 — lift it to #6462EC for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#141293, answered

What color is #141293?

#141293 is a dark electric blue, closest to Dark Blue (ΔE2000 2.9). It sits at 241° on the hue wheel with 78% saturation and 32% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #141293?

rgb(20, 18, 147) — 20 red, 18 green and 147 blue out of 255, or 7.8% / 7.1% / 57.6% by channel.

What is #141293 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(241, 78%, 32%) and hsv(241, 88%, 58%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #141293 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0269 and perceived brightness is 21%, so white text on it reaches 13.66:1.

Should I use black or white text on #141293?

White. It scores 13.66:1 against #141293, versus 1.54:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #141293 accessible on a white background?

#141293 on white scores 13.66:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #141293?

#919312 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #935512 and #519312, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #141293?

For interface work: #F4F4FA as the surface, #C0C0ED for borders, #4C4B9B for secondary text, #97770F as an accent and #0F0E72 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #125193 and #551293 stays calm, while #919312 is the loudest partner.

What is #141293 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(86%, 88%, 0%, 42%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #141293 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 83 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #431293; nudged cooler, #103595.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #141293?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 26.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #141293 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #141293 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#141293] or text-[#141293], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #141293 with 50% opacity?

rgba(20, 18, 147, 0.5), or #14129380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #8A89C9; over black, #0A094A.

Is #141293 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #000099, ΔE2000 2.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #141293 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #141293?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #1B19CA, #141293 45%, #0F0E72). For more colour, a short hue run to #5F0F78 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #141293 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #141293 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.