#120579

Color #120579

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Navy #000080 · ΔE 6.3 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#120579

RGB

rgb(18, 5, 121)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 92.1%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 95.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(85.1%, 95.9%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(13.33, 43.83, -59.59)

LCH

lch(13.33, 73.97, 306.34)

OKLCH

oklch(27.3%, 0.1722, 270.27)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 2%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c7905

Analogous

#053279

#120579

#4c0579

Triadic

#120579

#791205

#057912

Split-complementary

#120579

#794c05

#327905

Tetradic

#120579

#79056c

#6c7905

#057912

Square

#120579

#790532

#6c7905

#05794c

Shades

Color #120579 mixed toward black.

#0f0465

#0c0351

#09023c

#060228

#030114

Tints

Color #120579 mixed toward white.

#1b08b6

#240af4

#5a47f7

#9184fa

#c8c2fc

Tones

Color #120579 mixed toward gray.

#190f6f

#211866

#28225c

#302c52

#373549

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.32:1

White text reads better on this background (15.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0d0d6a · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#0e0f67 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#115d5a · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#222222 · ΔE 27.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #120579;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#120579]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#120579 (#120579) is rgb(18, 5, 121) in RGB.

No, #120579 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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