#16001d

Color #16001d

A vivid, highly saturated very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 17.98 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#16001d

RGB

rgb(22, 0, 29)

HSL

hsl(285.5, 100%, 5.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285.5, 100%, 11.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.1%, 100%, 0%, 88.6%)

LAB

lab(2.34, 12.54, -12.67)

LCH

lch(2.34, 17.83, 314.7)

OKLCH

oklch(14.7%, 0.0712, 318.19)

HWB

hwb(285.5, 0%, 88.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#071d00

Analogous

#08001d

#16001d

#1d0016

Triadic

#16001d

#1d1600

#001d16

Split-complementary

#16001d

#161d00

#001d08

Tetradic

#16001d

#1d0007

#071d00

#001d16

Square

#16001d

#1d0800

#071d00

#00161d

Shades

Color #16001d mixed toward black.

#120018

#0f0013

#0b000f

#07000a

#040005

Tints

Color #16001d mixed toward white.

#53006d

#9000bd

#c50fff

#d85fff

#ecafff

Tones

Color #16001d mixed toward gray.

#15021b

#140518

#120716

#110a13

#100c11

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

19.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.05:1

White text reads better on this background (19.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0e0e18 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#101117 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#151413 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#090909 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #16001d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16001d]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#16001d (#16001d) is rgb(22, 0, 29) in RGB.

No, #16001d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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