#160B4D#160B4D

#160B4D is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.112 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B4D
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 77)
HSL	hsl(250, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 86%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 85.7%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.53, 27.29, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.53, 46.98, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(22.36% 0.0192 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(22.36% 0.112 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7897, 0.9456, 7.1079)
Luminance	0.0095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.94

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B4D #424D0B

analogous

#0B214D #160B4D #370B4D

triadic

#160B4D #4D160B #0B4D16

tetradic

#160B4D #4D0B21 #424D0B #0B4D37

square

#160B4D #4D0B21 #424D0B #0B4D37

split-complementary

#160B4D #4D370B #214D0B

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #160B4D #251383 #351AB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.66

#160B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#160B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B4D

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B4D	1.00	17.66	1.19	17.66
#FFFFFF	17.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00164C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.112 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d4c80',
    500: '#160b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b4d;
$custom-light: #5d4c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22359,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B4D

secondary

#79892B

accent

#F236D2

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B4D

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

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