#16041E#16041E

#16041E is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 15.9% C 0.059 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16041E
RGB	rgb(22, 4, 30)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(282, 87%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 86.7%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.17, 11.26, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.17, 16.62, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(15.94% 0.0412 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(15.94% 0.059 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.6086, 0.3512, 1.2638)
Luminance	0.0035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 10.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16041E #0C1E04

analogous

#09041E #16041E #1E0419

triadic

#16041E #1E1604 #041E16

tetradic

#16041E #1E0904 #0C1E04 #04191E

square

#16041E #1E0904 #0C1E04 #04191E

split-complementary

#16041E #191E04 #041E09

monochromatic

#14041B #14041B #16041E #3E0B54 #65128A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.62

#16041E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.07

#16041E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16041E

19.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16041E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16041E	1.00	19.62	1.07	19.62
#FFFFFF	19.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#030C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15080F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16041e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 4, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.9% 0.059 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524859',
    500: '#16041e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16041e;
$custom-light: #524859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16041e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 6.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.15936,
    "c": 0.05871,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16041E

secondary

#32611D

accent

#F3356F

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E6E9

border

#C3C2C5

text

#020003

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #16041E

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

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