#1E161E#1E161E

#1E161E is a very dark, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.4% C 0.020 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E161E
RGB	rgb(30, 22, 30)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(300, 27%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.51, 5.93, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.51, 7.20, 325.50°)
OKLab	oklab(21.36% 0.0164 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(21.36% 0.02 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.0566, 0.9436, 1.3545)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#1E161E #161E16

analogous

#1A161E #1E161E #1E161A

triadic

#1E161E #1E1E16 #161E1E

tetradic

#1E161E #1E1A16 #161E16 #161A1E

square

#1E161E #1E1A16 #161E16 #161A1E

split-complementary

#1E161E #1A1E16 #161E1A

monochromatic

#120D12 #120D12 #1E161E #413041 #654A65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.66

#1E161E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#1E161E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1E161E

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E161E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1E161E	1.00	17.66	1.19	17.66
#FFFFFF	17.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16181E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17191E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F1719

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e161e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 22, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.4% 0.020 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595359',
    500: '#1e161e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e161e;
$custom-light: #595359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e161e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21361,
    "c": 0.01969,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E161E

secondary

#405040

accent

#B87070

background

#F5F4F5

surface

#E9E7E9

border

#C5C3C5

text

#030203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E161E

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

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