#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
RGBrgb(22, 21, 106)
HSLhsl(241, 67%, 25%)
HSVhsv(241, 80%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LABlab(14.10, 31.70, -48.57)
CIE-LCHlch(14.10, 58.00, 303.13°)
OKLaboklab(27.31% 0.0062 -0.1406)
OKLCHoklch(27.31% 0.141 272.5)
XYZxyz(3.1997, 1.7472, 13.8015)
Luminance0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##16156A1.0015.561.3515.56
#FFFFFF15.561.0021.001.00
#0000001.3521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF15.561.0021.001.00

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

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#16156A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva