#16083E#16083E

#16083E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.1% C 0.095 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16083E
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 62)
HSL	hsl(256, 77%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(256, 87%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 87.1%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.25, 23.26, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.25, 39.08, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(20.13% 0.0265 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(20.13% 0.095 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2869, 0.6920, 4.6222)
Luminance	0.0069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 3.94

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16083E #303E08

analogous

#08153E #16083E #31083E

triadic

#16083E #3E1608 #083E16

tetradic

#16083E #3E0815 #303E08 #083E31

square

#16083E #3E0815 #303E08 #083E31

split-complementary

#16083E #3E3108 #153E08

monochromatic

#0A031B #0A031B #16083E #290F74 #3C16AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.45

#16083E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#16083E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16083E

18.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16083E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16083E	1.00	18.45	1.14	18.45
#FFFFFF	18.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00123D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#041722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16083e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.1% 0.095 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594974',
    500: '#16083e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16083e;
$custom-light: #594974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16083e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20127,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16083E

secondary

#667D25

accent

#F434C2

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16083E

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

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