#160C28#160C28

#160C28 is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.6% C 0.055 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C28
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 40)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(261, 70%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 70%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.30, 11.78, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.30, 20.44, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(18.6% 0.0253 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(18.6% 0.055 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.8453, 0.5867, 2.0758)
Luminance	0.0059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C28 #1E280C

analogous

#0C1028 #160C28 #240C28

triadic

#160C28 #28160C #0C2816

tetradic

#160C28 #280C10 #1E280C #0C2824

square

#160C28 #280C10 #1E280C #0C2824

split-complementary

#160C28 #28240C #10280C

monochromatic

#0D0718 #0D0718 #160C28 #301A57 #4A2886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.79

#160C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.12

#160C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C28

18.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C28	1.00	18.79	1.12	18.79
#FFFFFF	18.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#021229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#041127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#121218

Achromatopsia (no color)

#121212

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.6% 0.055 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544c62',
    500: '#160c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c28;
$custom-light: #544c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18598,
    "c": 0.05529,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C28

secondary

#50632D

accent

#DD4BA9

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7EA

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020105

muted

#787779

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C28

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

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