#160C40#160C40

#160C40 is a very dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.093 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C40
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 64)
HSL	hsl(252, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(252, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 81.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.26, 21.95, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.26, 38.14, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(20.99% 0.0222 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(20.99% 0.093 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.3875, 0.8036, 4.9315)
Luminance	0.0080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Night Blue

#040348

ΔE00 4.07

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C40 #36400C

analogous

#0C1C40 #160C40 #300C40

triadic

#160C40 #40160C #0C4016

tetradic

#160C40 #400C1C #36400C #0C4030

square

#160C40 #400C1C #36400C #0C4030

split-complementary

#160C40 #40300C #1C400C

monochromatic

#09051A #09051A #160C40 #281674 #391FA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.09

#160C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#160C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C40

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C40	1.00	18.09	1.16	18.09
#FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00143F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#021A25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.093 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594c75',
    500: '#160c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c40;
$custom-light: #594c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20993,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C40

secondary

#6D7C2C

accent

#EB3DCA

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C40

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

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