#16012C#16012C

#16012C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.6% C 0.084 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16012C
RGB	rgb(22, 1, 44)
HSL	hsl(269, 96%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(269, 98%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 97.7%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.38, 18.05, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.38, 29.05, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(16.65% 0.0437 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(16.65% 0.084 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(0.7962, 0.3741, 2.4126)
Luminance	0.0037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.35

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16012C #172C01

analogous

#01022C #16012C #2C012C

triadic

#16012C #2C1601 #012C16

tetradic

#16012C #2C0102 #172C01 #012C2C

square

#16012C #2C0102 #172C01 #012C2C

split-complementary

#16012C #2C2C01 #022C01

monochromatic

#0F011E #0F011E #16012C #340268 #5204A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.54

#16012C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.07

#16012C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16012C

19.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16012C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16012C	1.00	19.54	1.07	19.54
#FFFFFF	19.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#110B16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16012c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 1, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.6% 0.084 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544665',
    500: '#16012c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16012c;
$custom-light: #544665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16012c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 1,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 95.556,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16648,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16012C

secondary

#457217

accent

#FF2996

background

#F4F3F6

surface

#E8E5EB

border

#C4C1C6

text

#030005

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16012C

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

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