#16154C#16154C

#16154C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.098 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16154C
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 76)
HSL	hsl(241, 57%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(241, 72%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.77, 20.40, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.77, 39.54, 301.06°)
OKLab	oklab(23.92% 0.0116 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(23.92% 0.098 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9031, 1.2285, 6.9729)
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

#16154C #4B4C15

analogous

#15304C #16154C #32154C

triadic

#16154C #4C1615 #154C16

tetradic

#16154C #4C1530 #4B4C15 #154C32

square

#16154C #4C1530 #4B4C15 #154C32

split-complementary

#16154C #4C3215 #304C15

monochromatic

#070718 #08081C #16154C #24227C #322FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.86

#16154C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#16154C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16154C

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16154C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16154C	1.00	16.86	1.25	16.86
#FFFFFF	16.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00232E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16154c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.098 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b527f',
    500: '#16154c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16154c;
$custom-light: #5b527f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16154c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.091,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23921,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16154C

secondary

#838439

accent

#E048DD

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16154C

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

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