#16072E#16072E

#16072E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.2% C 0.074 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16072E
RGB	rgb(22, 7, 46)
HSL	hsl(263, 74%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(263, 85%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 84.8%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.70, 16.57, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.70, 27.69, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(18.17% 0.0324 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(18.17% 0.074 296)
XYZ	xyz(0.8999, 0.5198, 2.6372)
Luminance	0.0052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 4.94

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16072E #1F2E07

analogous

#070B2E #16072E #29072E

triadic

#16072E #2E1607 #072E16

tetradic

#16072E #2E070B #1F2E07 #072E29

square

#16072E #2E070B #1F2E07 #072E29

split-complementary

#16072E #2E2907 #0B2E07

monochromatic

#0D041B #0D041B #16072E #2F0F63 #491798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.02

#16072E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#16072E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16072E

19.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16072E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16072E	1.00	19.02	1.10	19.02
#FFFFFF	19.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.02	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: #16072e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 7, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.2% 0.074 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554967',
    500: '#16072e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16072e;
$custom-light: #554967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16072e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1817,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.0052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16072E

secondary

#516E23

accent

#F038A9

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EB

border

#C5C2C6

text

#030106

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16072E

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

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