#160239#160239

#160239 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.5% C 0.097 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160239
RGB	rgb(22, 2, 57)
HSL	hsl(262, 93%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(262, 96%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 96.5%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.60, 23.99, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.60, 38.78, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(18.46% 0.0353 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(18.46% 0.097 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.0909, 0.5094, 3.9109)
Luminance	0.0051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 4.51

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160239 #253902

analogous

#020A39 #160239 #320239

triadic

#160239 #391602 #023916

tetradic

#160239 #39020A #253902 #023932

square

#160239 #39020A #253902 #023932

split-complementary

#160239 #393202 #0A3902

monochromatic

#0B011E #0B011E #160239 #2D0474 #4406AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.06

#160239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#160239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160239

19.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160239	1.00	19.06	1.10	19.06
#FFFFFF	19.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00113A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09121E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 2, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.5% 0.097 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584670',
    500: '#160239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160239;
$custom-light: #584670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 2,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 93.22,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18463,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160239

secondary

#597D1A

accent

#FF29B1

background

#F5F3F6

surface

#E9E5EC

border

#C5C1C7

text

#040007

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #160239

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

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