#16153C#16153C

#16153C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.073 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16153C
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 60)
HSL	hsl(242, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(242, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 65%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.26, 14.09, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.26, 28.75, 299.33°)
OKLab	oklab(22.35% 0.0125 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(22.35% 0.073 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.4144, 1.0331, 4.3990)
Luminance	0.0103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16153C #3B3C15

analogous

#15273C #16153C #29153C

triadic

#16153C #3C1615 #153C16

tetradic

#16153C #3C1527 #3B3C15 #153C29

square

#16153C #3C1527 #3B3C15 #153C29

split-complementary

#16153C #3C2915 #273C15

monochromatic

#080817 #080817 #16153C #272569 #373597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.40

#16153C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#16153C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16153C

17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16153C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16153C	1.00	17.40	1.21	17.40
#FFFFFF	17.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00193B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#051E26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16153c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.073 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575272',
    500: '#16153c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16153c;
$custom-light: #575272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16153c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.538,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22348,
    "c": 0.07289,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16153C

secondary

#727439

accent

#D850D4

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16153C

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

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