#160B38#160B38

#160B38 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 20.0% C 0.082 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B38
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 56)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(255, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.28, 19.21, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.28, 33.15, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(19.95% 0.025 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(19.95% 0.082 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.1641, 0.6954, 3.8135)
Luminance	0.0069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B38 #2D380B

analogous

#0B1638 #160B38 #2C0B38

triadic

#160B38 #38160B #0B3816

tetradic

#160B38 #380B16 #2D380B #0B382C

square

#160B38 #380B16 #2D380B #0B382C

split-complementary

#160B38 #382C0B #16380B

monochromatic

#0A051A #0A051A #160B38 #2A156B #3E1F9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.44

#160B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#160B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B38

18.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B38	1.00	18.44	1.14	18.44
#FFFFFF	18.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#091720

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.0% 0.082 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#574b6f',
    500: '#160b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b38;
$custom-light: #574b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1995,
    "c": 0.0822,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B38

secondary

#62752A

accent

#EA3EC0

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030107

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B38

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

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