#16156A#16156A

#16156A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.141 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16156A
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(241, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(241, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.10, 31.70, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.10, 58.00, 303.13°)
OKLab	oklab(27.31% 0.0062 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(27.31% 0.141 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1997, 1.7472, 13.8015)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16156A #696A15

analogous

#153E6A #16156A #41156A

triadic

#16156A #6A1615 #156A16

tetradic

#16156A #6A153E #696A15 #156A41

square

#16156A #6A153E #696A15 #156A41

split-complementary

#16156A #6A4115 #3E6A15

monochromatic

#05051A #0B0B37 #16156A #211F9D #2B29D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.56

#16156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#16156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16156A

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16156A	1.00	15.56	1.35	15.56
#FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00286C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.141 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645496',
    500: '#16156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16156a;
$custom-light: #645496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.706,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27308,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16156A

secondary

#9FA13A

accent

#EA3EE8

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE7F2

border

#C6C3CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16156A

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

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