#16142F#16142F

#16142F is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.052 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16142F
RGB	rgb(22, 20, 47)
HSL	hsl(244, 40%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(244, 57%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 57.4%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.91, 9.82, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.91, 20.33, 298.87°)
OKLab	oklab(21% 0.0129 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(21% 0.052 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.0940, 0.8761, 2.8002)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16142F #2D2F14

analogous

#141F2F #16142F #23142F

triadic

#16142F #2F1614 #142F16

tetradic

#16142F #2F141F #2D2F14 #142F23

square

#16142F #2F141F #2D2F14 #142F23

split-complementary

#16142F #2F2314 #1F2F14

monochromatic

#0A0915 #0A0915 #16142F #2A265A #3E3985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.87

#16142F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#16142F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16142F

17.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16142F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16142F	1.00	17.87	1.18	17.87
#FFFFFF	17.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#091830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08172E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E1A1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16142f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 20, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.052 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#555167',
    500: '#16142f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16142f;
$custom-light: #555167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16142f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21004,
    "c": 0.05209,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16142F

secondary

#626639

accent

#D058C7

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030206

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16142F

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

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