#16144C#16144C

#16144C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.100 H 277.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16144C
RGB	rgb(22, 20, 76)
HSL	hsl(242, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.50, 21.11, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.50, 40.28, 301.61°)
OKLab	oklab(23.73% 0.0125 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(23.73% 0.1 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8851, 1.1925, 6.9669)
Luminance	0.0119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16144C #4A4C14

analogous

#142E4C #16144C #32144C

triadic

#16144C #4C1614 #144C16

tetradic

#16144C #4C142E #4A4C14 #144C32

square

#16144C #4C142E #4A4C14 #144C32

split-complementary

#16144C #4C3214 #2E4C14

monochromatic

#070618 #08071C #16144C #24217C #322EAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.95

#16144C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#16144C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16144C

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16144C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16144C	1.00	16.95	1.24	16.95
#FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00232E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16144c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 20, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.100 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b517f',
    500: '#16144c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16144c;
$custom-light: #5b517f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16144c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23729,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16144C

secondary

#828438

accent

#E246DC

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16144C

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

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