#16112E#16112E

#16112E is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.2% C 0.056 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16112E
RGB	rgb(22, 17, 46)
HSL	hsl(250, 46%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(250, 63%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 63%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.94, 11.55, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.94, 21.90, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(20.21% 0.0175 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(20.21% 0.056 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.0243, 0.7687, 2.6786)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16112E #292E11

analogous

#111B2E #16112E #25112E

triadic

#16112E #2E1611 #112E16

tetradic

#16112E #2E111B #292E11 #112E25

square

#16112E #2E111B #292E11 #112E25

split-complementary

#16112E #2E2511 #1B2E11

monochromatic

#0B0816 #0B0816 #16112E #2B225B #413287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.20

#16112E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#16112E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16112E

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16112E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16112E	1.00	18.20	1.15	18.20
#FFFFFF	18.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05162F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05152D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F171D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16112e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 17, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.2% 0.056 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#554f67',
    500: '#16112e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16112e;
$custom-light: #554f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16112e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20214,
    "c": 0.05593,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16112E

secondary

#5E6634

accent

#D652BF

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030106

muted

#78777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16112E

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

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