#16041C#16041C

#16041C is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.003; OKLCH L 15.8% C 0.056 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16041C
RGB	rgb(22, 4, 28)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 6%)
HSV	hsv(285, 86%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 85.7%, 0%, 89%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.08, 10.63, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.08, 15.13, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(15.76% 0.0413 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(15.76% 0.056 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.5839, 0.3413, 1.1335)
Luminance	0.0034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16041C #0A1C04

analogous

#0A041C #16041C #1C0416

triadic

#16041C #1C1604 #041C16

tetradic

#16041C #1C0A04 #0A1C04 #04161C

square

#16041C #1C0A04 #0A1C04 #04161C

split-complementary

#16041C #161C04 #041C0A

monochromatic

#15041B #15041B #16041C #400C52 #6A1387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.66

#16041C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.07

#16041C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16041C

19.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16041C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16041C	1.00	19.66	1.07	19.66
#FFFFFF	19.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#040C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16070E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0B0B0B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16041c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 4, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.8% 0.056 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524858',
    500: '#16041c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16041c;
$custom-light: #524858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16041c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 6.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.15762,
    "c": 0.05611,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16041C

secondary

#2E5E1D

accent

#F23665

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E6E9

border

#C3C2C5

text

#020003

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #16041C

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

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