#16042D#16042D

#16042D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 17.4% C 0.078 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16042D
RGB	rgb(22, 4, 45)
HSL	hsl(266, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(266, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 91.1%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.04, 17.33, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.04, 28.38, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(17.44% 0.0376 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(17.44% 0.078 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.8478, 0.4469, 2.5237)
Luminance	0.0045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.13

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16042D #1B2D04

analogous

#04072D #16042D #2B042D

triadic

#16042D #2D1604 #042D16

tetradic

#16042D #2D0407 #1B2D04 #042D2B

square

#16042D #2D0407 #1B2D04 #042D2B

split-complementary

#16042D #2D2B04 #072D04

monochromatic

#0E021C #0E021C #16042D #310965 #4D0E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.28

#16042D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#16042D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16042D

19.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16042D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16042D	1.00	19.28	1.09	19.28
#FFFFFF	19.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#100E18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0E0E0E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16042d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 4, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.4% 0.078 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544866',
    500: '#16042d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16042d;
$custom-light: #544866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16042d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.341,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17441,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16042D

secondary

#4B701D

accent

#FA2EA0

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16042D

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

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