#1C162E#1C162E

#1C162E is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.046 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C162E
RGB	rgb(28, 22, 46)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(255, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 52.2%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.14, 9.94, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.14, 18.06, 303.38°)
OKLab	oklab(22.07% 0.0186 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(22.07% 0.046 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.2588, 1.0179, 2.7144)
Luminance	0.0102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 9.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C162E #282E16

analogous

#161C2E #1C162E #28162E

triadic

#1C162E #2E1C16 #162E1C

tetradic

#1C162E #2E161C #282E16 #162E28

square

#1C162E #2E161C #282E16 #162E28

split-complementary

#1C162E #2E2816 #1C2E16

monochromatic

#0D0A15 #0D0A15 #1C162E #352A57 #4E3E81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.45

#1C162E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#1C162E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1C162E

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C162E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1C162E	1.00	17.45	1.20	17.45
#FFFFFF	17.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F1A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F192D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#181A1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c162e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 22, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.046 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595367',
    500: '#1c162e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c162e;
$custom-light: #595367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c162e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22069,
    "c": 0.04624,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C162E

secondary

#5A643C

accent

#CB5CB0

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030206

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C162E

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