#160839#160839

#160839 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 19.6% C 0.088 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160839
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 57)
HSL	hsl(257, 75%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(257, 86%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 86%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.78, 21.12, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.78, 35.52, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(19.55% 0.0281 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(19.55% 0.088 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.1560, 0.6396, 3.9326)
Luminance	0.0064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160839 #2B3908

analogous

#081239 #160839 #2E0839

triadic

#160839 #391608 #083916

tetradic

#160839 #390812 #2B3908 #08392E

square

#160839 #390812 #2B3908 #08392E

split-complementary

#160839 #392E08 #123908

monochromatic

#0A041B #0A041B #160839 #2B106F #3F17A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.62

#160839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#160839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160839

18.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160839	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)

#00143A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#081520

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.6% 0.088 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584970',
    500: '#160839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160839;
$custom-light: #584970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19551,
    "c": 0.08793,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160839

secondary

#607825

accent

#F236BC

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #160839

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

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