#16114E#16114E

#16114E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.107 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16114E
RGB	rgb(22, 17, 78)
HSL	hsl(245, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(245, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 78.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.96, 23.93, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.96, 43.70, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(23.41% 0.0147 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(23.41% 0.107 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.9060, 1.1214, 7.3223)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.58

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16114E #494E11

analogous

#112A4E #16114E #34114E

triadic

#16114E #4E1611 #114E16

tetradic

#16114E #4E112A #494E11 #114E34

square

#16114E #4E112A #494E11 #114E34

split-complementary

#16114E #4E3411 #2A4E11

monochromatic

#070519 #08061C #16114E #241C80 #3227B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.15

#16114E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#16114E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16114E

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16114E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16114E	1.00	17.15	1.22	17.15
#FFFFFF	17.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00194D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00222E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16114e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 17, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.107 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5080',
    500: '#16114e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16114e;
$custom-light: #5c5080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16114e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.918,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23407,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16114E

secondary

#808733

accent

#E741DA

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16114E

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

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