#16156C#16156C

#16156C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.143 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16156C
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(241, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(241, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.34, 32.42, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.34, 59.16, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(27.55% 0.0058 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(27.55% 0.143 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.3049, 1.7893, 14.3556)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16156C #6B6C15

analogous

#153F6C #16156C #42156C

triadic

#16156C #6C1615 #156C16

tetradic

#16156C #6C153F #6B6C15 #156C42

square

#16156C #6C153F #6B6C15 #156C42

split-complementary

#16156C #6C4215 #3F6C15

monochromatic

#05051A #0C0B39 #16156C #201F9F #2B29D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.46

#16156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#16156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16156C

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16156C	1.00	15.46	1.36	15.46
#FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00296E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00206A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.143 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645497',
    500: '#16156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16156c;
$custom-light: #645497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.69,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27548,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16156C

secondary

#A1A33A

accent

#EA3DE8

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE7F2

border

#C6C3CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16156C

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

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