#16138E#16138E

#16138E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.187 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16138E
RGB	rgb(22, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(241, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(241, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.32, 44.83, -64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.32, 78.63, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(31.56% -0.0015 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(31.56% 0.187 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4446, 2.5887, 25.7986)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16138E #8B8E13

analogous

#134E8E #16138E #54138E

triadic

#16138E #8E1613 #138E16

tetradic

#16138E #8E134E #8B8E13 #138E54

square

#16138E #8E134E #8B8E13 #138E54

split-complementary

#16138E #8E5413 #4E8E13

monochromatic

#050522 #0E0C58 #16138E #1E1AC4 #3B37E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#16138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#16138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16138E

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16138E	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00268C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.187 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e56b0',
    500: '#16138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16138e;
$custom-light: #6e56b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.463,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31558,
    "c": 0.18695,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16138E

secondary

#BFC23B

accent

#F335EE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16138E

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

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