#16052E#16052E

#16052E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.8% C 0.078 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16052E
RGB	rgb(22, 5, 46)
HSL	hsl(265, 80%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(265, 89%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 89.1%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.30, 17.41, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.30, 28.69, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(17.76% 0.0356 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(17.76% 0.078 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.8782, 0.4764, 2.6299)
Luminance	0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.05

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16052E #1D2E05

analogous

#05092E #16052E #2A052E

triadic

#16052E #2E1605 #052E16

tetradic

#16052E #2E0509 #1D2E05 #052E2A

square

#16052E #2E0509 #1D2E05 #052E2A

split-complementary

#16052E #2E2A05 #092E05

monochromatic

#0D031C #0D031C #16052E #300B65 #4B119C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.17

#16052E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#16052E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16052E

19.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16052E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16052E	1.00	19.17	1.10	19.17
#FFFFFF	19.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#100F18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16052e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 5, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.8% 0.078 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554867',
    500: '#16052e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16052e;
$custom-light: #554867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16052e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 80.392,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17763,
    "c": 0.07776,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16052E

secondary

#4E701F

accent

#F731A5

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16052E

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

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