#160B48#160B48

#160B48 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.105 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B48
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 72)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(251, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 84.7%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.93, 25.53, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.93, 43.93, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(21.76% 0.0208 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(21.76% 0.105 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.6199, 0.8777, 6.2137)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B48 #3D480B

analogous

#0B1F48 #160B48 #350B48

triadic

#160B48 #48160B #0B4816

tetradic

#160B48 #480B1F #3D480B #0B4835

square

#160B48 #480B1F #3D480B #0B4835

split-complementary

#160B48 #48350B #1F480B

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #160B48 #26137D #361BB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.86

#160B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#160B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B48

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B48	1.00	17.86	1.18	17.86
#FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00194A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.105 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4b7c',
    500: '#160b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b48;
$custom-light: #5b4b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21759,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B48

secondary

#74842A

accent

#F038CF

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B48

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

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