#16154E#16154E

#16154E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.101 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16154E
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 78)
HSL	hsl(241, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(241, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.97, 21.18, -34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.97, 40.84, 301.24°)
OKLab	oklab(24.13% 0.0113 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(24.13% 0.101 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9737, 1.2568, 7.3448)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16154E #4D4E15

analogous

#15314E #16154E #33154E

triadic

#16154E #4E1615 #154E16

tetradic

#16154E #4E1531 #4D4E15 #154E33

square

#16154E #4E1531 #4D4E15 #154E33

split-complementary

#16154E #4E3315 #314E15

monochromatic

#070618 #08081E #16154E #24227E #312FAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.78

#16154E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#16154E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16154E

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16154E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16154E	1.00	16.78	1.25	16.78
#FFFFFF	16.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16154e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.101 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5280',
    500: '#16154e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16154e;
$custom-light: #5c5280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16154e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.053,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24131,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16154E

secondary

#858639

accent

#E147DE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16154E

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

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