#16043A#16043A

#16043A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.0% C 0.095 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16043A
RGB	rgb(22, 4, 58)
HSL	hsl(260, 87%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(260, 93%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 93.1%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.08, 23.50, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.08, 38.44, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(18.96% 0.0323 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(18.96% 0.095 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.1378, 0.5628, 4.0509)
Luminance	0.0056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 4.43

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16043A #283A04

analogous

#040D3A #16043A #31043A

triadic

#16043A #3A1604 #043A16

tetradic

#16043A #3A040D #283A04 #043A31

square

#16043A #3A040D #283A04 #043A31

split-complementary

#16043A #3A3104 #0D3A04

monochromatic

#0B021D #0B021D #16043A #2C0873 #410CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.87

#16043A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#16043A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16043A

18.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16043A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16043A	1.00	18.87	1.11	18.87
#FFFFFF	18.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00123B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08131F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16043a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 4, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.0% 0.095 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584771',
    500: '#16043a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16043a;
$custom-light: #584771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16043a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 4,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18962,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16043A

secondary

#5D7C1E

accent

#FD2BB7

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EC

border

#C5C2C7

text

#040007

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16043A

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

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