#1C162A#1C162A

#1C162A is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.039 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C162A
RGB	rgb(28, 22, 42)
HSL	hsl(258, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(258, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 47.6%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.89, 8.61, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.89, 15.19, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(21.8% 0.0177 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(21.8% 0.039 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.1836, 0.9879, 2.3184)
Luminance	0.0099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C162A #242A16

analogous

#161A2A #1C162A #26162A

triadic

#1C162A #2A1C16 #162A1C

tetradic

#1C162A #2A161A #242A16 #162A26

square

#1C162A #2A161A #242A16 #162A26

split-complementary

#1C162A #2A2616 #1A2A16

monochromatic

#0D0B14 #0D0B14 #1C162A #372B52 #52407A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.54

#1C162A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#1C162A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1C162A

17.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C162A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1C162A	1.00	17.54	1.20	17.54
#FFFFFF	17.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11192B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19191E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c162a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 22, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.039 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585363',
    500: '#1c162a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c162a;
$custom-light: #585363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c162a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21798,
    "c": 0.0391,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C162A

secondary

#555F3D

accent

#C760A9

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7EA

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030205

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C162A

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

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