#16151A#16151A

#16151A is a very dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 19.9% C 0.010 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16151A
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 26)
HSL	hsl(252, 11%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(252, 19%, 10%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 89.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.06, 1.75, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.06, 3.74, 297.93°)
OKLab	oklab(19.91% 0.0042 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(19.91% 0.01 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(0.7855, 0.7815, 1.0865)
Luminance	0.0078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16151A #191A15

analogous

#15171A #16151A #19151A

triadic

#16151A #1A1615 #151A16

tetradic

#16151A #1A1517 #191A15 #151A19

square

#16151A #1A1517 #191A15 #151A19

split-complementary

#16151A #1A1915 #171A15

monochromatic

#0E0E11 #0E0E11 #16151A #33303C #4F4C5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.16

#16151A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#16151A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16151A

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16151A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16151A	1.00	18.16	1.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14161A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14161A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#151617

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16151a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.9% 0.010 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525256',
    500: '#16151a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16151a;
$custom-light: #525256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16151a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19914,
    "c": 0.01,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.00781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16151A

secondary

#494B40

accent

#B474A7

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #16151A

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

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