#160B49#160B49

#160B49 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.107 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B49
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 73)
HSL	hsl(251, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(251, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 84.9%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.05, 25.89, -36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.05, 44.55, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(21.88% 0.0205 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(21.88% 0.107 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6528, 0.8908, 6.3869)
Luminance	0.0089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B49 #3E490B

analogous

#0B1F49 #160B49 #350B49

triadic

#160B49 #49160B #0B4916

tetradic

#160B49 #490B1F #3E490B #0B4935

square

#160B49 #490B1F #3E490B #0B4935

split-complementary

#160B49 #49350B #1F490B

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #160B49 #26137E #361BB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.82

#160B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#160B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B49

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B49	1.00	17.82	1.18	17.82
#FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.107 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4b7d',
    500: '#160b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b49;
$custom-light: #5c4b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21878,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B49

secondary

#75852A

accent

#F037D0

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B49

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

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