#160B4A#160B4A

#160B4A is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.108 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B4A
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 74)
HSL	hsl(250, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 85.1%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.17, 26.24, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.17, 45.16, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(22% 0.0202 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(22% 0.108 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.6862, 0.9042, 6.5629)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B4A #3F4A0B

analogous

#0B204A #160B4A #360B4A

triadic

#160B4A #4A160B #0B4A16

tetradic

#160B4A #4A0B20 #3F4A0B #0B4A36

square

#160B4A #4A0B20 #3F4A0B #0B4A36

split-complementary

#160B4A #4A360B #204A0B

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #160B4A #26137F #361BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.78

#160B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#160B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B4A

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B4A	1.00	17.78	1.18	17.78
#FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.108 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4b7d',
    500: '#160b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b4a;
$custom-light: #5c4b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.476,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21997,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B4A

secondary

#76862B

accent

#F137D0

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B4A

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

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