#160A48#160A48

#160A48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.106 H 281.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160A48
RGB	rgb(22, 10, 72)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(252, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 86.1%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.73, 26.11, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.73, 44.53, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(21.62% 0.0215 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(21.62% 0.106 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.6087, 0.8554, 6.2100)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160A48 #3C480A

analogous

#0A1D48 #160A48 #350A48

triadic

#160A48 #48160A #0A4816

tetradic

#160A48 #480A1D #3C480A #0A4835

square

#160A48 #480A1D #3C480A #0A4835

split-complementary

#160A48 #48350A #1D480A

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #160A48 #26117E #3719B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.93

#160A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#160A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160A48

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160A48	1.00	17.93	1.17	17.93
#FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 10, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.106 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4b7c',
    500: '#160a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160a48;
$custom-light: #5c4b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21616,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160A48

secondary

#738529

accent

#F236CE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160A48

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

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