#160B42#160B42

#160B42 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.097 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B42
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 66)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(252, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.26, 23.30, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.26, 40.09, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(21.06% 0.0225 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(21.06% 0.097 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4336, 0.8032, 5.2327)
Luminance	0.0080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B42 #37420B

analogous

#0B1B42 #160B42 #310B42

triadic

#160B42 #42160B #0B4216

tetradic

#160B42 #420B1B #37420B #0B4231

square

#160B42 #420B1B #37420B #0B4231

split-complementary

#160B42 #42310B #1B420B

monochromatic

#09041A #09041A #160B42 #271476 #391CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.09

#160B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#160B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B42

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B42	1.00	18.09	1.16	18.09
#FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001A25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.097 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4b77',
    500: '#160b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b42;
$custom-light: #5a4b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21058,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B42

secondary

#6E7F2A

accent

#EE3ACA

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B42

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

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