#160016#160016

#160016 is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.002; OKLCH L 14.0% C 0.065 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 20.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160016
RGB	rgb(22, 0, 22)
HSL	hsl(300, 100%, 4%)
HSV	hsv(300, 100%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 91.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(2.06, 10.59, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(2.06, 13.02, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(14.05% 0.055 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(14.05% 0.065 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.4757, 0.2285, 0.7780)
Luminance	0.0023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160016 #001600

analogous

#0B0016 #160016 #16000B

triadic

#160016 #161600 #001616

tetradic

#160016 #160B00 #001600 #000B16

square

#160016 #160B00 #001600 #000B16

split-complementary

#160016 #0B1600 #00160B

monochromatic

#1F001F #1F001F #1F001F #530053 #900090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

20.08

#160016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.05

#160016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160016

20.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160016	1.00	20.08	1.05	20.08
#FFFFFF	20.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	20.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#040915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#170208

Achromatopsia (no color)

#080808

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 0, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(14.0% 0.065 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524652',
    500: '#160016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160016;
$custom-light: #524652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 4.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.14047,
    "c": 0.06456,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160016

secondary

#116111

accent

#FF2929

background

#F4F3F4

surface

#E7E5E7

border

#C3C1C3

text

#020002

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #160016

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

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