#160C20#160C20

#160C20 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.005; OKLCH L 18.0% C 0.042 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C20
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 32)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 62.5%, 0%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(4.86, 8.68, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(4.86, 14.20, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(17.96% 0.0244 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(17.96% 0.042 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.7230, 0.5378, 1.4319)
Luminance	0.0054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 11.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C20 #16200C

analogous

#0C0C20 #160C20 #200C20

triadic

#160C20 #20160C #0C2016

tetradic

#160C20 #200C0C #16200C #0C2020

square

#160C20 #200C0C #16200C #0C2020

split-complementary

#160C20 #20200C #0C200C

monochromatic

#0F0816 #0F0816 #160C20 #351D4D #532D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.96

#160C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.11

#160C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C20

18.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C20	1.00	18.96	1.11	18.96
#FFFFFF	18.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#071021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09111F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#140F14

Achromatopsia (no color)

#101010

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.0% 0.042 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#534c5b',
    500: '#160c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c20;
$custom-light: #534c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.1796,
    "c": 0.04187,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C20

secondary

#445A2E

accent

#D55394

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020104

muted

#787779

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C20

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

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