#160B45#160B45

#160B45 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.101 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B45
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 69)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 84.1%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.58, 24.44, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.58, 42.04, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(21.4% 0.0217 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(21.4% 0.101 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.5244, 0.8395, 5.7108)
Luminance	0.0084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B45 #3A450B

analogous

#0B1D45 #160B45 #330B45

triadic

#160B45 #45160B #0B4516

tetradic

#160B45 #450B1D #3A450B #0B4533

square

#160B45 #450B1D #3A450B #0B4533

split-complementary

#160B45 #45330B #1D450B

monochromatic

#08041A #08041A #160B45 #27137A #381CAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.98

#160B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#160B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B45

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B45	1.00	17.98	1.17	17.98
#FFFFFF	17.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.101 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4b79',
    500: '#160b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b45;
$custom-light: #5b4b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.379,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21405,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B45

secondary

#71812A

accent

#EF39CD

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B45

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

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