#16052B#16052B

#16052B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.4% C 0.074 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16052B
RGB	rgb(22, 5, 43)
HSL	hsl(267, 79%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(267, 88%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 88.4%, 0%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.10, 15.98, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.10, 26.29, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(17.44% 0.0365 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(17.44% 0.074 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.8211, 0.4535, 2.3293)
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

#16052B #1A2B05

analogous

#05072B #16052B #29052B

triadic

#16052B #2B1605 #052B16

tetradic

#16052B #2B0507 #1A2B05 #052B29

square

#16052B #2B0507 #1A2B05 #052B29

split-complementary

#16052B #2B2905 #072B05

monochromatic

#0E031B #0E031B #16052B #320B62 #4E1299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.25

#16052B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#16052B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16052B

19.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16052B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16052B	1.00	19.25	1.09	19.25
#FFFFFF	19.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#110E17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0E0E0E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16052b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 5, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.4% 0.074 299.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16052b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17442,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16052B

secondary

#4A6D1F

accent

#F6329E

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E8E6EB

border

#C4C2C6

text

#030005

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16052B

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

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