#16072C#16072C

#16072C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.0% C 0.071 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16072C
RGB	rgb(22, 7, 44)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(264, 84%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 84.1%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.56, 15.64, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.56, 26.11, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(17.97% 0.0328 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(17.97% 0.071 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.8614, 0.5044, 2.4344)
Luminance	0.0050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16072C #1D2C07

analogous

#070B2C #16072C #28072C

triadic

#16072C #2C1607 #072C16

tetradic

#16072C #2C070B #1D2C07 #072C28

square

#16072C #2C070B #1D2C07 #072C28

split-complementary

#16072C #2C2807 #0B2C07

monochromatic

#0D041A #0D041A #16072C #300F61 #4B1896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.08

#16072C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#16072C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16072C

19.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16072C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16072C	1.00	19.08	1.10	19.08
#FFFFFF	19.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00102D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#000F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#111018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16072c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 7, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.0% 0.071 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544965',
    500: '#16072c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16072c;
$custom-light: #544965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16072c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17965,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16072C

secondary

#4E6C23

accent

#EF39A5

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E8E6EB

border

#C4C2C6

text

#030105

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16072C

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

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