#16151B#16151B

#16151B is a very dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.0% C 0.012 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16151B
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 27)
HSL	hsl(250, 13%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(250, 22%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 89.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.10, 2.04, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.10, 4.50, 296.95°)
OKLab	oklab(19.96% 0.0047 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(19.96% 0.012 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.7968, 0.7860, 1.1464)
Luminance	0.0079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16151B #1A1B15

analogous

#15171B #16151B #19151B

triadic

#16151B #1B1615 #151B16

tetradic

#16151B #1B1517 #1A1B15 #151B19

square

#16151B #1B1517 #1A1B15 #151B19

split-complementary

#16151B #1B1915 #171B15

monochromatic

#0E0D11 #0E0D11 #16151B #32303D #4E4B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.15

#16151B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#16151B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16151B

18.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16151B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16151B	1.00	18.15	1.16	18.15
#FFFFFF	18.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14161B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14161B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#151617

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16151b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.0% 0.012 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525257',
    500: '#16151b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16151b;
$custom-light: #525257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16151b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19964,
    "c": 0.01196,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16151B

secondary

#4A4C40

accent

#B572AA

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #16151B

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

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