#16012B#16012B

#16012B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.5% C 0.083 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16012B
RGB	rgb(22, 1, 43)
HSL	hsl(270, 95%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(270, 98%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 97.7%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.31, 17.58, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.31, 28.25, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(16.53% 0.0442 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(16.53% 0.083 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.7777, 0.3667, 2.3148)
Luminance	0.0037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.39

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16012B #162B01

analogous

#01012B #16012B #2B012B

triadic

#16012B #2B1601 #012B16

tetradic

#16012B #2B0101 #162B01 #012B2B

square

#16012B #2B0101 #162B01 #012B2B

split-complementary

#16012B #2B2B01 #012B01

monochromatic

#0F011E #0F011E #16012B #350267 #5304A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.56

#16012B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.07

#16012B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16012B

19.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16012B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16012B	1.00	19.56	1.07	19.56
#FFFFFF	19.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#110B15

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16012b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 1, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.5% 0.083 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544664',
    500: '#16012b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16012b;
$custom-light: #544664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16012b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 1,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 95.455,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16529,
    "c": 0.083,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16012B

secondary

#447117

accent

#FF2994

background

#F4F3F6

surface

#E8E5EB

border

#C4C1C6

text

#030005

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16012B

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

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