#16042A#16042A

#16042A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 17.1% C 0.075 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16042A
RGB	rgb(22, 4, 42)
HSL	hsl(268, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(268, 90%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 90.5%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.84, 15.92, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.84, 25.97, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(17.11% 0.0386 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(17.11% 0.075 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.7921, 0.4246, 2.2303)
Luminance	0.0043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16042A #182A04

analogous

#04052A #16042A #29042A

triadic

#16042A #2A1604 #042A16

tetradic

#16042A #2A0405 #182A04 #042A29

square

#16042A #2A0405 #182A04 #042A29

split-complementary

#16042A #2A2904 #052A04

monochromatic

#0F031C #0F031C #16042A #330962 #510F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.35

#16042A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#16042A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16042A

19.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16042A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16042A	1.00	19.35	1.09	19.35
#FFFFFF	19.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#120D16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0E0E0E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16042a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 4, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.1% 0.075 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544864',
    500: '#16042a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16042a;
$custom-light: #544864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16042a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17115,
    "c": 0.07455,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16042A

secondary

#476D1D

accent

#F92F99

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E6EA

border

#C3C2C6

text

#030005

muted

#787779

Preview Lab

Preview with #16042A

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

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