#160539#160539

#160539 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.0% C 0.092 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160539
RGB	rgb(22, 5, 57)
HSL	hsl(260, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(260, 91%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 91.2%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.19, 22.56, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.19, 37.15, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(19.02% 0.0315 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(19.02% 0.092 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.1235, 0.5745, 3.9218)
Luminance	0.0057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160539 #283905

analogous

#050E39 #160539 #300539

triadic

#160539 #391605 #053916

tetradic

#160539 #39050E #283905 #053930

square

#160539 #39050E #283905 #053930

split-complementary

#160539 #393005 #0E3905

monochromatic

#0B021C #0B021C #160539 #2C0A71 #410FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.83

#160539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.12

#160539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160539

18.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160539	1.00	18.83	1.12	18.83
#FFFFFF	18.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00123A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 5, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.0% 0.092 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584870',
    500: '#160539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160539;
$custom-light: #584870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 83.871,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19023,
    "c": 0.09247,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160539

secondary

#5D7A20

accent

#FA2EB7

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EC

border

#C5C2C7

text

#040007

muted

#79777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #160539

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

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