#16142C#16142C

#16142C is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 20.8% C 0.047 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16142C
RGB	rgb(22, 20, 44)
HSL	hsl(245, 38%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(245, 55%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 54.5%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.70, 8.68, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.70, 18.13, 298.59°)
OKLab	oklab(20.77% 0.0124 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(20.77% 0.047 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.0355, 0.8527, 2.4924)
Luminance	0.0085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 8.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16142C #2A2C14

analogous

#141E2C #16142C #22142C

triadic

#16142C #2C1614 #142C16

tetradic

#16142C #2C141E #2A2C14 #142C22

square

#16142C #2C141E #2A2C14 #142C22

split-complementary

#16142C #2C2214 #1E2C14

monochromatic

#0B0A15 #0B0A15 #16142C #2B2756 #403A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.94

#16142C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#16142C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16142C

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16142C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16142C	1.00	17.94	1.17	17.94
#FFFFFF	17.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B182D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B162B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10191D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16142c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 20, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.8% 0.047 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545165',
    500: '#16142c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16142c;
$custom-light: #545165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16142c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20772,
    "c": 0.04665,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16142C

secondary

#5F6239

accent

#CD5AC4

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E8E7EB

border

#C4C3C6

text

#030205

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16142C

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

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