#16137E#16137E

#16137E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.168 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16137E
RGB	rgb(22, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(242, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(242, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.22, 39.69, -57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.22, 70.27, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(29.51% 0.0023 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(29.51% 0.168 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3284, 2.1422, 19.9200)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16137E #7B7E13

analogous

#13457E #16137E #4B137E

triadic

#16137E #7E1613 #137E16

tetradic

#16137E #7E1345 #7B7E13 #137E4B

square

#16137E #7E1345 #7B7E13 #137E4B

split-complementary

#16137E #7E4B13 #457E13

monochromatic

#05041B #0D0B49 #16137E #1F1BB3 #312CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.70

#16137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#16137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16137E

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16137E	1.00	14.70	1.43	14.70
#FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00237C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.168 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6954a5',
    500: '#16137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16137e;
$custom-light: #6954a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.682,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29512,
    "c": 0.16787,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16137E

secondary

#B0B439

accent

#F037EB

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE8F4

border

#C7C4CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16137E

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

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