#160616#160616

#160616 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 15.8% C 0.042 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160616
RGB	rgb(22, 6, 22)
HSL	hsl(300, 57%, 5%)
HSV	hsv(300, 73%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 0%, 91.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.24, 8.18, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.24, 10.06, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(15.84% 0.0353 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(15.84% 0.042 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(0.5408, 0.3588, 0.7997)
Luminance	0.0036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160616 #061606

analogous

#0E0616 #160616 #16060E

triadic

#160616 #161606 #061616

tetradic

#160616 #160E06 #061606 #060E16

square

#160616 #160E06 #061606 #060E16

split-complementary

#160616 #0E1606 #06160E

monochromatic

#180718 #180718 #180718 #461346 #762076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.59

#160616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.07

#160616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160616

19.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160616	1.00	19.59	1.07	19.59
#FFFFFF	19.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#050A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#090D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17070C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 6, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.8% 0.042 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524952',
    500: '#160616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160616;
$custom-light: #524952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 5.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.15835,
    "c": 0.04198,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160616

secondary

#245424

accent

#E04747

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E6E7

border

#C3C2C3

text

#020002

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #160616

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

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