#16083D#16083D

#16083D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.0% C 0.094 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16083D
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 61)
HSL	hsl(256, 77%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(256, 87%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 86.9%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.15, 22.84, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.15, 38.39, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(20.01% 0.0268 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(20.01% 0.094 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2598, 0.6811, 4.4791)
Luminance	0.0068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 4.15

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16083D #2F3D08

analogous

#08143D #16083D #30083D

triadic

#16083D #3D1608 #083D16

tetradic

#16083D #3D0814 #2F3D08 #083D30

square

#16083D #3D0814 #2F3D08 #083D30

split-complementary

#16083D #3D3008 #143D08

monochromatic

#0A041B #0A041B #16083D #2A0F73 #3D16A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.48

#16083D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#16083D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16083D

18.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16083D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16083D	1.00	18.48	1.14	18.48
#FFFFFF	18.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00153F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00123C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#051722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16083d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.0% 0.094 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594973',
    500: '#16083d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16083d;
$custom-light: #594973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16083d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2001,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16083D

secondary

#657C25

accent

#F334C1

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16083D

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

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