#16137C#16137C

#16137C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.165 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16137C
RGB	rgb(22, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(242, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.96, 39.03, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.96, 69.20, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(29.26% 0.0027 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(29.26% 0.165 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2006, 2.0911, 19.2471)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16137C #797C13

analogous

#13447C #16137C #4A137C

triadic

#16137C #7C1613 #137C16

tetradic

#16137C #7C1344 #797C13 #137C4A

square

#16137C #7C1344 #797C13 #137C4A

split-complementary

#16137C #7C4A13 #447C13

monochromatic

#05041B #0D0B47 #16137C #1F1BB1 #302BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.81

#16137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#16137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16137C

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16137C	1.00	14.81	1.42	14.81
#FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00227A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.165 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6954a3',
    500: '#16137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16137c;
$custom-light: #6954a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29259,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16137C

secondary

#AEB239

accent

#F038EB

background

#F6F4FA

surface

#ECE8F4

border

#C7C4CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16137C

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

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