#160B4C#160B4C

#160B4C is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.111 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B4C
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 76)
HSL	hsl(250, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 86%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 85.5%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.41, 26.94, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.41, 46.37, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(22.24% 0.0195 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(22.24% 0.111 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7546, 0.9316, 6.9234)
Luminance	0.0093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.79

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B4C #414C0B

analogous

#0B214C #160B4C #370B4C

triadic

#160B4C #4C160B #0B4C16

tetradic

#160B4C #4C0B21 #414C0B #0B4C37

square

#160B4C #4C0B21 #414C0B #0B4C37

split-complementary

#160B4C #4C370B #214C0B

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #160B4C #251381 #351AB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.70

#160B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#160B4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B4C

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B4C	1.00	17.70	1.19	17.70
#FFFFFF	17.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00164B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.111 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d4c7f',
    500: '#160b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b4c;
$custom-light: #5d4c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.154,
    "s": 74.713,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22238,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B4C

secondary

#78882B

accent

#F136D2

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B4C

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

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