#16042B#16042B

#16042B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 17.2% C 0.076 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16042B
RGB	rgb(22, 4, 43)
HSL	hsl(268, 83%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(268, 91%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 90.7%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.90, 16.38, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.90, 26.77, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(17.22% 0.0383 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(17.22% 0.076 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(0.8102, 0.4318, 2.3257)
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

#16042B #192B04

analogous

#04062B #16042B #2A042B

triadic

#16042B #2B1604 #042B16

tetradic

#16042B #2B0406 #192B04 #042B2A

square

#16042B #2B0406 #192B04 #042B2A

split-complementary

#16042B #2B2A04 #062B04

monochromatic

#0E031C #0E031C #16042B #330963 #4F0E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.33

#16042B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#16042B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16042B

19.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16042B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16042B	1.00	19.33	1.09	19.33
#FFFFFF	19.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#110D16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0E0E0E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16042b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 4, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.2% 0.076 300.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16042b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17223,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16042B

secondary

#496E1D

accent

#F92E9C

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E8E6EB

border

#C4C2C6

text

#030005

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16042B

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

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