#16094A#16094A

#16094A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.110 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16094A
RGB	rgb(22, 9, 74)
HSL	hsl(252, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(252, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 87.8%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.77, 27.38, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.77, 46.35, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(21.72% 0.0215 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(21.72% 0.11 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6642, 0.8602, 6.5556)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16094A #3D4A09

analogous

#091D4A #16094A #37094A

triadic

#16094A #4A1609 #094A16

tetradic

#16094A #4A091D #3D4A09 #094A37

square

#16094A #4A091D #3D4A09 #094A37

split-complementary

#16094A #4A3709 #1D4A09

monochromatic

#08031B #08031B #16094A #261081 #3616B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.92

#16094A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#16094A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16094A

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16094A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16094A	1.00	17.92	1.17	17.92
#FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16094a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 9, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.110 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4a7d',
    500: '#16094a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16094a;
$custom-light: #5c4a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16094a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2172,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16094A

secondary

#748727

accent

#F533CE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16094A

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

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