#18151B#18151B

#18151B is a very dark, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.2% C 0.013 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18151B
RGB	rgb(24, 21, 27)
HSL	hsl(270, 13%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(270, 22%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 89.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.31, 2.99, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.31, 4.73, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(20.2% 0.0077 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(20.2% 0.013 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.8426, 0.8097, 1.1486)
Luminance	0.0081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18151B #181B15

analogous

#15151B #18151B #1B151B

triadic

#18151B #1B1815 #151B18

tetradic

#18151B #1B1515 #181B15 #151B1B

square

#18151B #1B1515 #181B15 #151B1B

split-complementary

#18151B #1B1B15 #151B15

monochromatic

#0F0D11 #0F0D11 #18151B #37303D #554B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.07

#18151B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#18151B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #18151B

18.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18151B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##18151B	1.00	18.07	1.16	18.07
#FFFFFF	18.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14161B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15161B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#181617

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18151b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 21, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.2% 0.013 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545257',
    500: '#18151b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18151b;
$custom-light: #545257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18151b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20197,
    "c": 0.01262,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18151B

secondary

#464C40

accent

#B57294

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #18151B

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

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