#160B40#160B40

#160B40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.8% C 0.094 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B40
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 64)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 82.8%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.05, 22.52, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.05, 38.75, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(20.83% 0.0231 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(20.83% 0.094 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3757, 0.7800, 4.9276)
Luminance	0.0078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 3.91

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B40 #35400B

analogous

#0B1B40 #160B40 #310B40

triadic

#160B40 #40160B #0B4016

tetradic

#160B40 #400B1B #35400B #0B4031

square

#160B40 #400B1B #35400B #0B4031

split-complementary

#160B40 #40310B #1B400B

monochromatic

#09041A #09041A #160B40 #281474 #3A1DA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.17

#160B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#160B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B40

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B40	1.00	18.17	1.16	18.17
#FFFFFF	18.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00143F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#021A24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.8% 0.094 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594b75',
    500: '#160b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b40;
$custom-light: #594b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2083,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B40

secondary

#6C7D2A

accent

#ED3AC8

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B40

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

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