#160C3E#160C3E

#160C3E is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.8% C 0.090 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C3E
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 62)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 80.6%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.06, 21.15, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.06, 36.78, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(20.77% 0.0226 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(20.77% 0.09 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3316, 0.7812, 4.6371)
Luminance	0.0078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C3E #343E0C

analogous

#0C1B3E #160C3E #2F0C3E

triadic

#160C3E #3E160C #0C3E16

tetradic

#160C3E #3E0C1B #343E0C #0C3E2F

square

#160C3E #3E0C1B #343E0C #0C3E2F

split-complementary

#160C3E #3E2F0C #1B3E0C

monochromatic

#09051A #09051A #160C3E #281671 #3A20A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.16

#160C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#160C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C3E

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C3E	1.00	18.16	1.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00173F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00143D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#041923

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.8% 0.090 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594b74',
    500: '#160c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c3e;
$custom-light: #594b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20772,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C3E

secondary

#6A7A2C

accent

#EA3DC8

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C3E

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

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