#16122A#16122A

#16122A is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.1% C 0.047 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16122A
RGB	rgb(22, 18, 42)
HSL	hsl(250, 40%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(250, 57%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.96, 9.31, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.96, 18.17, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(20.13% 0.0154 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(20.13% 0.047 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.9650, 0.7703, 2.2879)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.58

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16122A #262A12

analogous

#121A2A #16122A #22122A

triadic

#16122A #2A1612 #122A16

tetradic

#16122A #2A121A #262A12 #122A22

square

#16122A #2A121A #262A12 #122A22

split-complementary

#16122A #2A2212 #1A2A12

monochromatic

#0B0915 #0B0915 #16122A #2C2455 #433780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.20

#16122A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#16122A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16122A

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16122A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16122A	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)

#09162B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11171B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16122a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 18, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.1% 0.047 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#544f63',
    500: '#16122a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16122a;
$custom-light: #544f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16122a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2013,
    "c": 0.04688,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16122A

secondary

#5A6137

accent

#D058BC

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7EA

border

#C3C3C6

text

#030205

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #16122A

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

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