#16156B#16156B

#16156B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.142 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16156B
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(241, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(241, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.22, 32.06, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.22, 58.58, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(27.43% 0.006 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(27.43% 0.142 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2520, 1.7681, 14.0770)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16156B #6A6B15

analogous

#153F6B #16156B #41156B

triadic

#16156B #6B1615 #156B16

tetradic

#16156B #6B153F #6A6B15 #156B41

square

#16156B #6B153F #6A6B15 #156B41

split-complementary

#16156B #6B4115 #3F6B15

monochromatic

#05051A #0B0B38 #16156B #211F9E #2B29D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.51

#16156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#16156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16156B

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16156B	1.00	15.51	1.35	15.51
#FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00286D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.142 272.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.698,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27428,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16156B

secondary

#A0A23A

accent

#EA3EE8

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE7F2

border

#C6C3CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16156B

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

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