#16123E#16123E

#16123E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.9% C 0.081 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16123E
RGB	rgb(22, 18, 62)
HSL	hsl(245, 55%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(245, 71%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 71%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.58, 17.11, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.58, 32.49, 301.79°)
OKLab	oklab(21.9% 0.0161 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(21.9% 0.081 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4164, 0.9509, 4.6654)
Luminance	0.0095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Navy Blue (survey)

#001146

ΔE00 4.09

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16123E #3A3E12

analogous

#12243E #16123E #2C123E

triadic

#16123E #3E1612 #123E16

tetradic

#16123E #3E1224 #3A3E12 #123E2C

square

#16123E #3E1224 #3A3E12 #123E2C

split-complementary

#16123E #3E2C12 #243E12

monochromatic

#080718 #080718 #16123E #27206D #382E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.64

#16123E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#16123E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16123E

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16123E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16123E	1.00	17.64	1.19	17.64
#FFFFFF	17.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00173D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#031D25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16123e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 18, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.9% 0.081 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585074',
    500: '#16123e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16123e;
$custom-light: #585074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16123e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21897,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16123E

secondary

#717735

accent

#DE49D1

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040208

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16123E

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

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