#16082E#16082E

#16082E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.4% C 0.072 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16082E
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 46)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(262, 83%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 82.6%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.89, 16.15, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.89, 27.19, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(18.37% 0.0309 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(18.37% 0.072 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.9107, 0.5415, 2.6408)
Luminance	0.0054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight

#03012D

ΔE00 4.89

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16082E #202E08

analogous

#080D2E #16082E #29082E

triadic

#16082E #2E1608 #082E16

tetradic

#16082E #2E080D #202E08 #082E29

square

#16082E #2E080D #202E08 #082E29

split-complementary

#16082E #2E2908 #0D2E08

monochromatic

#0C051A #0C051A #16082E #2F1162 #481A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.95

#16082E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#16082E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16082E

18.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16082E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16082E	1.00	18.95	1.11	18.95
#FFFFFF	18.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00112F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00102D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#101119

Achromatopsia (no color)

#111111

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16082e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.4% 0.072 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554a67',
    500: '#16082e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16082e;
$custom-light: #554a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16082e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18367,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16082E

secondary

#526D25

accent

#ED3BAB

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030106

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16082E

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

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