#160C16#160C16

#160C16 is a very dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 17.3% C 0.026 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C16
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 22)
HSL	hsl(300, 29%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(300, 45%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 0%, 91.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.44, 5.74, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.44, 7.05, 324.45°)
OKLab	oklab(17.31% 0.0215 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(17.31% 0.026 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.6072, 0.4915, 0.8218)
Luminance	0.0049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C16 #0C160C

analogous

#110C16 #160C16 #160C11

triadic

#160C16 #16160C #0C1616

tetradic

#160C16 #16110C #0C160C #0C1116

square

#160C16 #16110C #0C160C #0C1116

split-complementary

#160C16 #11160C #0C1611

monochromatic

#140B14 #140B14 #160C16 #3E223E #653765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.12

#160C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.10

#160C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C16

19.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C16	1.00	19.12	1.10	19.12
#FFFFFF	19.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B0F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#170D10

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0F0F0F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(17.3% 0.026 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524c52',
    500: '#160c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c16;
$custom-light: #524c52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 6.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.17309,
    "c": 0.02571,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C16

secondary

#324C32

accent

#C66262

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E7E7

border

#C3C3C3

text

#020102

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C16

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

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