#16052F#16052F

#16052F is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.9% C 0.079 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16052F
RGB	rgb(22, 5, 47)
HSL	hsl(264, 81%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(264, 89%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 89.4%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.37, 17.88, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.37, 29.49, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(17.87% 0.0352 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(17.87% 0.079 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.8981, 0.4843, 2.7349)
Luminance	0.0048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 5.04

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16052F #1E2F05

analogous

#05092F #16052F #2B052F

triadic

#16052F #2F1605 #052F16

tetradic

#16052F #2F0509 #1E2F05 #052F2B

square

#16052F #2F0509 #1E2F05 #052F2B

split-complementary

#16052F #2F2B05 #092F05

monochromatic

#0D031C #0D031C #16052F #300B66 #4A119E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.15

#16052F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#16052F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16052F

19.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16052F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16052F	1.00	19.15	1.10	19.15
#FFFFFF	19.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F1019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16052f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 5, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.9% 0.079 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554868',
    500: '#16052f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16052f;
$custom-light: #554868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16052f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17872,
    "c": 0.07912,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16052F

secondary

#50711F

accent

#F731A7

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16052F

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

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