#16141C#16141C

#16141C is a very dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 19.7% C 0.016 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16141C
RGB	rgb(22, 20, 28)
HSL	hsl(255, 17%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(255, 29%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 89%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.82, 3.00, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.82, 6.00, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(19.74% 0.0072 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(19.74% 0.016 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.7906, 0.7547, 1.2024)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16141C #1A1C14

analogous

#14161C #16141C #1A141C

triadic

#16141C #1C1614 #141C16

tetradic

#16141C #1C1416 #1A1C14 #141C1A

square

#16141C #1C1416 #1A1C14 #141C1A

split-complementary

#16141C #1C1A14 #161C14

monochromatic

#0E0D12 #0E0D12 #16141C #322E40 #4E4763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.25

#16141C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#16141C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16141C

18.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16141C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16141C	1.00	18.25	1.15	18.25
#FFFFFF	18.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12151C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13151C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#151517

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16141c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 20, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.7% 0.016 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535158',
    500: '#16141c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16141c;
$custom-light: #535158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16141c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19738,
    "c": 0.01613,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16141C

secondary

#4A4E3E

accent

#B96EA7

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #16141C

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

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