#160B46#160B46

#160B46 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.5% C 0.102 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B46
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 70)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(251, 84%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.70, 24.81, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.70, 42.68, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(21.52% 0.0214 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(21.52% 0.102 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.5557, 0.8520, 5.8756)
Luminance	0.0085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B46 #3B460B

analogous

#0B1D46 #160B46 #330B46

triadic

#160B46 #46160B #0B4616

tetradic

#160B46 #460B1D #3B460B #0B4633

square

#160B46 #460B1D #3B460B #0B4633

split-complementary

#160B46 #46330B #1D460B

monochromatic

#08041A #08041A #160B46 #27137B #371CB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.94

#160B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#160B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B46

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B46	1.00	17.94	1.17	17.94
#FFFFFF	17.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.5% 0.102 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4b7a',
    500: '#160b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b46;
$custom-light: #5b4b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21523,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B46

secondary

#72822A

accent

#F038CD

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B46

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

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