#16144F#16144F

#16144F is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.104 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16144F
RGB	rgb(22, 20, 79)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.81, 22.27, -35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.81, 42.21, 301.85°)
OKLab	oklab(24.05% 0.012 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(24.05% 0.104 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9919, 1.2352, 7.5291)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16144F #4D4F14

analogous

#14304F #16144F #34144F

triadic

#16144F #4F1614 #144F16

tetradic

#16144F #4F1430 #4D4F14 #144F34

square

#16144F #4F1430 #4D4F14 #144F34

split-complementary

#16144F #4F3414 #304F14

monochromatic

#070618 #08081E #16144F #242080 #312DB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.84

#16144F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#16144F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16144F

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16144F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16144F	1.00	16.84	1.25	16.84
#FFFFFF	16.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16144f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 20, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.104 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5281',
    500: '#16144f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16144f;
$custom-light: #5c5281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16144f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.034,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24051,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16144F

secondary

#858738

accent

#E345DD

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16144F

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

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