#1C161C#1C161C

#1C161C is a very dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.015 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C161C
RGB	rgb(28, 22, 28)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(300, 21%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 0%, 89%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.17, 4.47, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.17, 5.44, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(21.01% 0.0123 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(21.01% 0.015 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.9754, 0.9046, 1.2216)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C161C #161C16

analogous

#19161C #1C161C #1C1619

triadic

#1C161C #1C1C16 #161C1C

tetradic

#1C161C #1C1916 #161C16 #16191C

square

#1C161C #1C1916 #161C16 #16191C

split-complementary

#1C161C #191C16 #161C19

monochromatic

#110D11 #110D11 #1C161C #3E313E #614C61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.78

#1C161C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#1C161C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1C161C

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C161C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1C161C	1.00	17.78	1.18	17.78
#FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16171C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17181C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C1618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c161c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 22, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.015 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585358',
    500: '#1c161c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c161c;
$custom-light: #585358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c161c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21008,
    "c": 0.01486,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.00905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C161C

secondary

#414D41

accent

#B57373

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#030203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C161C

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

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