#16061E#16061E

#16061E is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.4% C 0.053 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16061E
RGB	rgb(22, 6, 30)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 80%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.56, 10.46, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.56, 15.64, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(16.44% 0.0363 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(16.44% 0.053 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.6303, 0.3946, 1.2710)
Luminance	0.0040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16061E #0E1E06

analogous

#0A061E #16061E #1E061A

triadic

#16061E #1E1606 #061E16

tetradic

#16061E #1E0A06 #0E1E06 #061A1E

square

#16061E #1E0A06 #0E1E06 #061A1E

split-complementary

#16061E #1A1E06 #061E0A

monochromatic

#13051A #13051A #16061E #3B1051 #611A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.46

#16061E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#16061E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16061E

19.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16061E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16061E	1.00	19.46	1.08	19.46
#FFFFFF	19.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#020C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#050D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#150A10

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0D0D0D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16061e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 6, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.4% 0.053 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524959',
    500: '#16061e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16061e;
$custom-light: #524959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16061e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 7.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16441,
    "c": 0.053,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16061E

secondary

#365E22

accent

#EA3E77

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E6E9

border

#C3C2C5

text

#020003

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #16061E

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

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