#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
RGBrgb(22, 21, 108)
HSLhsl(241, 67%, 25%)
HSVhsv(241, 81%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(79.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(14.34, 32.42, -49.48)
CIE-LCHlch(14.34, 59.16, 303.23°)
OKLaboklab(27.55% 0.0058 -0.1432)
OKLCHoklch(27.55% 0.143 272.3)
XYZxyz(3.3049, 1.7893, 14.3556)
Luminance0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##16156C1.0015.461.3615.46
#FFFFFF15.461.0021.001.00
#0000001.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF15.461.0021.001.00

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

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