#16012D#16012D

#16012D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.8% C 0.085 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16012D
RGB	rgb(22, 1, 45)
HSL	hsl(269, 96%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(269, 98%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 97.8%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.45, 18.54, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.45, 29.86, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(16.77% 0.0432 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(16.77% 0.085 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.8153, 0.3817, 2.5128)
Luminance	0.0038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.34

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16012D #182D01

analogous

#01022D #16012D #2C012D

triadic

#16012D #2D1601 #012D16

tetradic

#16012D #2D0102 #182D01 #012D2C

square

#16012D #2D0102 #182D01 #012D2C

split-complementary

#16012D #2D2C01 #022D01

monochromatic

#0F011E #0F011E #16012D #330269 #5104A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.51

#16012D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#16012D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16012D

19.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16012D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16012D	1.00	19.51	1.08	19.51
#FFFFFF	19.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#100C16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16012d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 1, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.8% 0.085 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544666',
    500: '#16012d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16012d;
$custom-light: #544666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16012d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 1,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 95.652,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16767,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16012D

secondary

#477317

accent

#FF2999

background

#F5F3F6

surface

#E8E5EB

border

#C4C1C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16012D

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

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