#16073B#16073B

#16073B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.6% C 0.092 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16073B
RGB	rgb(22, 7, 59)
HSL	hsl(257, 79%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(257, 88%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 88.1%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.76, 22.48, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.76, 37.52, 306.82°)
OKLab	oklab(19.61% 0.0285 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(19.61% 0.092 288)
XYZ	xyz(1.1960, 0.6382, 4.1970)
Luminance	0.0064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 4.50

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16073B #2C3B07

analogous

#07123B #16073B #30073B

triadic

#16073B #3B1607 #073B16

tetradic

#16073B #3B0712 #2C3B07 #073B30

square

#16073B #3B0712 #2C3B07 #073B30

split-complementary

#16073B #3B3007 #123B07

monochromatic

#0A031B #0A031B #16073B #2A0D72 #3F14A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.62

#16073B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#16073B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16073B

18.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16073B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16073B	1.00	18.62	1.13	18.62
#FFFFFF	18.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00143C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00113A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#071620

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16073b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 7, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.6% 0.092 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584971',
    500: '#16073b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16073b;
$custom-light: #584971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16073b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 7,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 78.788,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1961,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.00638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16073B

secondary

#617A23

accent

#F533BD

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E6EC

border

#C5C2C7

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16073B

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

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