#16062E#16062E

#16062E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.0% C 0.076 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16062E
RGB	rgb(22, 6, 46)
HSL	hsl(264, 77%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(264, 87%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 87%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.50, 16.99, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.50, 28.19, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(17.97% 0.034 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(17.97% 0.076 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.8890, 0.4981, 2.6335)
Luminance	0.0050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 4.99

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16062E #1E2E06

analogous

#060A2E #16062E #2A062E

triadic

#16062E #2E1606 #062E16

tetradic

#16062E #2E060A #1E2E06 #062E2A

square

#16062E #2E060A #1E2E06 #062E2A

split-complementary

#16062E #2E2A06 #0A2E06

monochromatic

#0D041B #0D041B #16062E #300D64 #4A149A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.10

#16062E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#16062E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16062E

19.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16062E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16062E	1.00	19.10	1.10	19.10
#FFFFFF	19.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00102F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#101019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16062e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 6, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.0% 0.076 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554967',
    500: '#16062e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16062e;
$custom-light: #554967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16062e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17969,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16062E

secondary

#506F21

accent

#F334A7

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030006

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16062E

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

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