#16084B#16084B

#16084B is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.112 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16084B
RGB	rgb(22, 8, 75)
HSL	hsl(253, 81%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(253, 89%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 89.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.70, 28.29, -38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.70, 47.55, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(21.71% 0.0218 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(21.71% 0.112 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6873, 0.8521, 6.7308)
Luminance	0.0085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16084B #3D4B08

analogous

#081C4B #16084B #38084B

triadic

#16084B #4B1608 #084B16

tetradic

#16084B #4B081C #3D4B08 #084B38

square

#16084B #4B081C #3D4B08 #084B38

split-complementary

#16084B #4B3808 #1C4B08

monochromatic

#08031C #08031C #16084B #260E82 #3614BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.94

#16084B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#16084B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16084B

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16084B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16084B	1.00	17.94	1.17	17.94
#FFFFFF	17.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00144A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16084b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 8, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.112 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d4a7e',
    500: '#16084b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16084b;
$custom-light: #5d4a7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16084b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.537,
    "s": 80.723,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21705,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16084B

secondary

#748926

accent

#F731CE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16084B

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

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