#16042F#16042F

#16042F is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.7% C 0.081 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16042F
RGB	rgb(22, 4, 47)
HSL	hsl(265, 84%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(265, 91%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 91.5%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.18, 18.30, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.18, 29.99, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(17.66% 0.0369 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(17.66% 0.081 297)
XYZ	xyz(0.8872, 0.4626, 2.7313)
Luminance	0.0046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.12

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16042F #1D2F04

analogous

#04082F #16042F #2B042F

triadic

#16042F #2F1604 #042F16

tetradic

#16042F #2F0408 #1D2F04 #042F2B

square

#16042F #2F0408 #1D2F04 #042F2B

split-complementary

#16042F #2F2B04 #082F04

monochromatic

#0D021C #0D021C #16042F #300967 #4B0EA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.22

#16042F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#16042F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16042F

19.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16042F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16042F	1.00	19.22	1.09	19.22
#FFFFFF	19.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F0F19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16042f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 4, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.7% 0.081 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554868',
    500: '#16042f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16042f;
$custom-light: #554868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16042f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 84.314,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17664,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.00463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16042F

secondary

#4E721D

accent

#FB2DA5

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16042F

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

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