#16033A#16033A

#16033A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.8% C 0.097 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16033A
RGB	rgb(22, 3, 58)
HSL	hsl(261, 90%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(261, 95%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 94.8%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.89, 23.98, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.89, 38.98, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(18.78% 0.0335 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(18.78% 0.097 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.1269, 0.5411, 4.0472)
Luminance	0.0054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 4.36

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16033A #273A03

analogous

#030C3A #16033A #32033A

triadic

#16033A #3A1603 #033A16

tetradic

#16033A #3A030C #273A03 #033A32

square

#16033A #3A030C #273A03 #033A32

split-complementary

#16033A #3A3203 #0C3A03

monochromatic

#0B021D #0B021D #16033A #2C0674 #4209AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.95

#16033A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#16033A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16033A

18.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16033A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16033A	1.00	18.95	1.11	18.95
#FFFFFF	18.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00123B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08131F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16033a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 3, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.8% 0.097 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584771',
    500: '#16033a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16033a;
$custom-light: #584771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16033a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 3,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 90.164,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18778,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16033A

secondary

#5B7D1C

accent

#FF29B5

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EC

border

#C5C2C7

text

#040007

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16033A

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

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