#160538#160538

#160538 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.9% C 0.091 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160538
RGB	rgb(22, 5, 56)
HSL	hsl(260, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(260, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 91.1%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.10, 22.11, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.10, 36.41, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(18.9% 0.032 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(18.9% 0.091 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0988, 0.5646, 3.7917)
Luminance	0.0056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160538 #273805

analogous

#050E38 #160538 #300538

triadic

#160538 #381605 #053816

tetradic

#160538 #38050E #273805 #053830

square

#160538 #38050E #273805 #053830

split-complementary

#160538 #383005 #0E3805

monochromatic

#0B031C #0B031C #160538 #2C0A70 #420FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.87

#160538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#160538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160538

18.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160538	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)

#001239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 5, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.9% 0.091 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#57486f',
    500: '#160538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160538;
$custom-light: #57486f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 11.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18903,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160538

secondary

#5B7920

accent

#FA2EB6

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EC

border

#C5C2C7

text

#030007

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #160538

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

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