#16072A#16072A

#16072A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.8% C 0.068 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16072A
RGB	rgb(22, 7, 42)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.42, 14.72, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.42, 24.51, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(17.76% 0.0332 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(17.76% 0.068 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.8247, 0.4897, 2.2411)
Luminance	0.0049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16072A #1B2A07

analogous

#070A2A #16072A #28072A

triadic

#16072A #2A1607 #072A16

tetradic

#16072A #2A070A #1B2A07 #072A28

square

#16072A #2A070A #1B2A07 #072A28

split-complementary

#16072A #2A2807 #0A2A07

monochromatic

#0E041A #0E041A #16072A #31105E #4D1893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.13

#16072A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#16072A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16072A

19.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16072A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16072A	1.00	19.13	1.10	19.13
#FFFFFF	19.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#000F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#110F17

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16072a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 7, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.8% 0.068 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544964',
    500: '#16072a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16072a;
$custom-light: #544964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16072a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17764,
    "c": 0.06808,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16072A

secondary

#4B6A23

accent

#EE3AA1

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7EA

border

#C3C3C6

text

#030105

muted

#787779

Preview Lab

Preview with #16072A

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

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