#16121A#16121A

#16121A is a very dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.007; OKLCH L 19.1% C 0.017 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16121A
RGB	rgb(22, 18, 26)
HSL	hsl(270, 18%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 10%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 89.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.12, 3.66, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.12, 5.95, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(19.09% 0.0104 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(19.09% 0.017 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.7336, 0.6778, 1.0693)
Luminance	0.0068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16121A #161A12

analogous

#12121A #16121A #1A121A

triadic

#16121A #1A1612 #121A16

tetradic

#16121A #1A1212 #161A12 #121A1A

square

#16121A #1A1212 #161A12 #121A1A

split-complementary

#16121A #1A1A12 #121A12

monochromatic

#0F0D12 #0F0D12 #16121A #352B3E #534462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.49

#16121A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.14

#16121A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16121A

18.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16121A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16121A	1.00	18.49	1.14	18.49
#FFFFFF	18.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11131A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11141A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#161315

Achromatopsia (no color)

#141414

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16121a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 18, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.1% 0.017 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525056',
    500: '#16121a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16121a;
$custom-light: #525056;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16121a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19086,
    "c": 0.01703,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16121A

secondary

#444D3B

accent

#BB6D94

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #16121A

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

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