#16143E#16143E

#16143E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.078 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16143E
RGB	rgb(22, 20, 62)
HSL	hsl(243, 51%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.15, 15.63, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.15, 30.93, 300.36°)
OKLab	oklab(22.32% 0.0137 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(22.32% 0.078 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4503, 1.0186, 4.6767)
Luminance	0.0102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16143E #3C3E14

analogous

#14273E #16143E #2B143E

triadic

#16143E #3E1614 #143E16

tetradic

#16143E #3E1427 #3C3E14 #143E2B

square

#16143E #3E1427 #3C3E14 #143E2B

split-complementary

#16143E #3E2B14 #273E14

monochromatic

#080717 #080717 #16143E #26236C #37329B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.44

#16143E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#16143E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16143E

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16143E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16143E	1.00	17.44	1.20	17.44
#FFFFFF	17.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00183D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#031E26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16143e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 20, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.078 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585174',
    500: '#16143e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16143e;
$custom-light: #585174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16143e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22316,
    "c": 0.0778,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16143E

secondary

#737638

accent

#DB4DD4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16143E

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

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