#16081E#16081E

#16081E is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 16.9% C 0.048 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16081E
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 30)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.96, 9.65, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.96, 14.67, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(16.92% 0.0319 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(16.92% 0.048 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.6520, 0.4380, 1.2782)
Luminance	0.0044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16081E #101E08

analogous

#0B081E #16081E #1E081B

triadic

#16081E #1E1608 #081E16

tetradic

#16081E #1E0B08 #101E08 #081B1E

square

#16081E #1E0B08 #101E08 #081B1E

split-complementary

#16081E #1B1E08 #081E0B

monochromatic

#120618 #120618 #16081E #39154E #5D227F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.31

#16081E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.09

#16081E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16081E

19.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16081E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16081E	1.00	19.31	1.09	19.31
#FFFFFF	19.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#040D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#070E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#150C11

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0E0E0E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16081e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(16.9% 0.048 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524a59',
    500: '#16081e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16081e;
$custom-light: #524a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16081e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 7.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.16916,
    "c": 0.04781,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16081E

secondary

#3A5B27

accent

#E1477F

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020103

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #16081E

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

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