#16052A#16052A

#16052A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 17.3% C 0.072 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16052A
RGB	rgb(22, 5, 42)
HSL	hsl(268, 79%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(268, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 88.1%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.03, 15.52, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.03, 25.48, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(17.34% 0.0367 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(17.34% 0.072 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.8030, 0.4463, 2.2339)
Luminance	0.0045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16052A #192A05

analogous

#05072A #16052A #29052A

triadic

#16052A #2A1605 #052A16

tetradic

#16052A #2A0507 #192A05 #052A29

square

#16052A #2A0507 #192A05 #052A29

split-complementary

#16052A #2A2905 #072A05

monochromatic

#0E031B #0E031B #16052A #330C61 #4F1297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.28

#16052A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#16052A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16052A

19.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16052A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16052A	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)

#000E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#110D16

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0E0E0E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16052a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 5, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.3% 0.072 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544864',
    500: '#16052a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16052a;
$custom-light: #544864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16052a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17337,
    "c": 0.07231,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16052A

secondary

#496C1F

accent

#F5339C

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E6EA

border

#C3C2C6

text

#030005

muted

#787779

Preview Lab

Preview with #16052A

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

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