#16083C#16083C

#16083C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.9% C 0.092 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16083C
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 60)
HSL	hsl(256, 76%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(256, 87%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.06, 22.42, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.06, 37.68, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(19.89% 0.0271 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(19.89% 0.092 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.2331, 0.6704, 4.3385)
Luminance	0.0067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 4.38

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16083C #2E3C08

analogous

#08143C #16083C #30083C

triadic

#16083C #3C1608 #083C16

tetradic

#16083C #3C0814 #2E3C08 #083C30

square

#16083C #3C0814 #2E3C08 #083C30

split-complementary

#16083C #3C3008 #143C08

monochromatic

#0A041B #0A041B #16083C #2A0F72 #3E16A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.52

#16083C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#16083C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16083C

18.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16083C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16083C	1.00	18.52	1.13	18.52
#FFFFFF	18.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00153D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00123B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#061721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16083c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.9% 0.092 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#584972',
    500: '#16083c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16083c;
$custom-light: #584972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16083c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19894,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16083C

secondary

#647B25

accent

#F335C0

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16083C

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

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