#16053C#16053C

#16053C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.4% C 0.096 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16053C
RGB	rgb(22, 5, 60)
HSL	hsl(259, 85%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(259, 92%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 91.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.47, 23.91, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.47, 39.34, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(19.38% 0.0303 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(19.38% 0.096 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2005, 0.6053, 4.3277)
Luminance	0.0060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 4.08

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16053C #2B3C05

analogous

#05103C #16053C #31053C

triadic

#16053C #3C1605 #053C16

tetradic

#16053C #3C0510 #2B3C05 #053C31

square

#16053C #3C0510 #2B3C05 #053C31

split-complementary

#16053C #3C3105 #103C05

monochromatic

#0A021C #0A021C #16053C #2B0A74 #3F0EAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.73

#16053C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.12

#16053C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16053C

18.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16053C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16053C	1.00	18.73	1.12	18.73
#FFFFFF	18.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00133E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00113B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#061520

Achromatopsia (no color)

#121212

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16053c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 5, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.4% 0.096 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594872',
    500: '#16053c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16053c;
$custom-light: #594872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16053c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19384,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16053C

secondary

#607D20

accent

#FB2DBB

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E6ED

border

#C5C2C8

text

#040008

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16053C

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

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