#16101C#16101C

#16101C is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.006; OKLCH L 18.7% C 0.026 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16101C
RGB	rgb(22, 16, 28)
HSL	hsl(270, 27%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(270, 43%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 42.9%, 0%, 89%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.65, 5.39, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.65, 8.80, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(18.67% 0.0153 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(18.67% 0.026 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.7257, 0.6250, 1.1808)
Luminance	0.0063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16101C #161C10

analogous

#10101C #16101C #1C101C

triadic

#16101C #1C1610 #101C16

tetradic

#16101C #1C1010 #161C10 #101C1C

square

#16101C #1C1010 #161C10 #101C1C

split-complementary

#16101C #1C1C10 #101C10

monochromatic

#0F0B13 #0F0B13 #16101C #352643 #533D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.67

#16101C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#16101C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16101C

18.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16101C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16101C	1.00	18.67	1.13	18.67
#FFFFFF	18.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E121C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F131C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#151214

Achromatopsia (no color)

#121212

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16101c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 16, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.7% 0.026 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524e58',
    500: '#16101c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16101c;
$custom-light: #524e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16101c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18669,
    "c": 0.02552,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16101C

secondary

#445137

accent

#C46494

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020103

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #16101C

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

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