#16111B#16111B

#16111B is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 18.9% C 0.021 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16111B
RGB	rgb(22, 17, 27)
HSL	hsl(270, 23%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(270, 37%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 37%, 0%, 89.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(5.88, 4.54, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(5.88, 7.38, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(18.87% 0.0129 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(18.87% 0.021 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.7291, 0.6506, 1.1239)
Luminance	0.0065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16111B #161B11

analogous

#11111B #16111B #1B111B

triadic

#16111B #1B1611 #111B16

tetradic

#16111B #1B1111 #161B11 #111B1B

square

#16111B #1B1111 #161B11 #111B1B

split-complementary

#16111B #1B1B11 #111B11

monochromatic

#0F0C13 #0F0C13 #16111B #352941 #534066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.58

#16111B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.13

#16111B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16111B

18.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16111B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16111B	1.00	18.58	1.13	18.58
#FFFFFF	18.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F131B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10131B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#151214

Achromatopsia (no color)

#131313

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16111b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 17, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(18.9% 0.021 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#524f57',
    500: '#16111b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16111b;
$custom-light: #524f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16111b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.18873,
    "c": 0.02129,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16111B

secondary

#444F39

accent

#BF6994

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020103

muted

#787778

Preview Lab

Preview with #16111B

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

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