#1E162E#1E162E

#1E162E is a very dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.047 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E162E
RGB	rgb(30, 22, 46)
HSL	hsl(260, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(260, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.38, 10.66, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.38, 18.15, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(22.31% 0.0218 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(22.31% 0.047 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3154, 1.0471, 2.7170)
Luminance	0.0105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 9.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1E162E #262E16

analogous

#161A2E #1E162E #2A162E

triadic

#1E162E #2E1E16 #162E1E

tetradic

#1E162E #2E161A #262E16 #162E2A

square

#1E162E #2E161A #262E16 #162E2A

split-complementary

#1E162E #2E2A16 #1A2E16

monochromatic

#0E0A15 #0E0A15 #1E162E #392A57 #543E81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.36

#1E162E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#1E162E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1E162E

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E162E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1E162E	1.00	17.36	1.21	17.36
#FFFFFF	17.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F1A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B1A1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e162e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 22, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.047 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a5367',
    500: '#1e162e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e162e;
$custom-light: #5a5367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e162e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22305,
    "c": 0.04652,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E162E

secondary

#56643C

accent

#CB5CA6

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#040206

muted

#79787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E162E

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