#16141E#16141E

#16141E is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 19.8% C 0.020 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16141E
RGB	rgb(22, 20, 30)
HSL	hsl(252, 20%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.91, 3.63, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.91, 7.53, 298.81°)
OKLab	oklab(19.85% 0.008 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(19.85% 0.02 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.8153, 0.7646, 1.3327)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16141E #1C1E14

analogous

#14171E #16141E #1B141E

triadic

#16141E #1E1614 #141E16

tetradic

#16141E #1E1417 #1C1E14 #141E1B

square

#16141E #1E1417 #1C1E14 #141E1B

split-complementary

#16141E #1E1B14 #171E14

monochromatic

#0D0C12 #0D0C12 #16141E #312C43 #4C4567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.21

#16141E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#16141E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16141E

18.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16141E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16141E	1.00	18.21	1.15	18.21
#FFFFFF	18.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12151E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12151E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#141617

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16141e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 20, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.8% 0.020 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535159',
    500: '#16141e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16141e;
$custom-light: #535159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16141e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19847,
    "c": 0.02002,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16141E

secondary

#4D513D

accent

#BD6BAC

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #16141E

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

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