#16102C#16102C

#16102C is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.8% C 0.054 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16102C
RGB	rgb(22, 16, 44)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 63.6%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.53, 11.37, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.53, 21.10, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(19.82% 0.019 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(19.82% 0.054 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.9707, 0.7230, 2.4708)
Luminance	0.0072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.35

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16102C #262C10

analogous

#10182C #16102C #24102C

triadic

#16102C #2C1610 #102C16

tetradic

#16102C #2C1018 #262C10 #102C24

square

#16102C #2C1018 #262C10 #102C24

split-complementary

#16102C #2C2410 #182C10

monochromatic

#0B0816 #0B0816 #16102C #2C2059 #433186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.35

#16102C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#16102C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16102C

18.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16102C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16102C	1.00	18.35	1.14	18.35
#FFFFFF	18.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05152D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05142B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10161B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16102c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 16, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.8% 0.054 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544e65',
    500: '#16102c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16102c;
$custom-light: #544e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16102c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19818,
    "c": 0.05434,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16102C

secondary

#5A6533

accent

#D651BA

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E8E7EB

border

#C4C3C6

text

#030105

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16102C

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

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