#16153E#16153E

#16153E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.076 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16153E
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 62)
HSL	hsl(241, 49%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(241, 66%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.44, 14.88, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.44, 30.14, 299.58°)
OKLab	oklab(22.53% 0.0125 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(22.53% 0.076 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4683, 1.0546, 4.6827)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16153E #3D3E15

analogous

#15293E #16153E #2B153E

triadic

#16153E #3E1615 #153E16

tetradic

#16153E #3E1529 #3D3E15 #153E2B

square

#16153E #3E1529 #3D3E15 #153E2B

split-complementary

#16153E #3E2B15 #293E15

monochromatic

#080817 #080817 #16153E #26246C #363499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.34

#16153E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#16153E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16153E

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16153E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16153E	1.00	17.34	1.21	17.34
#FFFFFF	17.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00193D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#031F27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16153e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.076 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585274',
    500: '#16153e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16153e;
$custom-light: #585274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16153e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.463,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22532,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16153E

secondary

#747639

accent

#D94FD6

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16153E

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

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