#160A49#160A49

#160A49 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.108 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160A49
RGB	rgb(22, 10, 73)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(251, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 86.3%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.85, 26.46, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.85, 45.15, 305.88°)
OKLab	oklab(21.74% 0.0212 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(21.74% 0.108 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.6416, 0.8686, 6.3832)
Luminance	0.0087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160A49 #3D490A

analogous

#0A1E49 #160A49 #360A49

triadic

#160A49 #49160A #0A4916

tetradic

#160A49 #490A1E #3D490A #0A4936

square

#160A49 #490A1E #3D490A #0A4936

split-complementary

#160A49 #49360A #1E490A

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #160A49 #26117F #3619B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.89

#160A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#160A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160A49

17.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160A49	1.00	17.89	1.17	17.89
#FFFFFF	17.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 10, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.108 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4b7d',
    500: '#160a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160a49;
$custom-light: #5c4b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21736,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160A49

secondary

#748629

accent

#F235CE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160A49

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

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