#16156D#16156D

#16156D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.145 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16156D
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(241, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(241, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.46, 32.78, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.46, 59.73, 303.28°)
OKLab	oklab(27.67% 0.0056 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(27.67% 0.145 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3584, 1.8107, 14.6375)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16156D #6C6D15

analogous

#15406D #16156D #42156D

triadic

#16156D #6D1615 #156D16

tetradic

#16156D #6D1540 #6C6D15 #156D42

square

#16156D #6D1540 #6C6D15 #156D42

split-complementary

#16156D #6D4215 #406D15

monochromatic

#05051A #0C0B3A #16156D #201FA0 #2B29D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.42

#16156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#16156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16156D

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16156D	1.00	15.42	1.36	15.42
#FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00296F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00206B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.145 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645498',
    500: '#16156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16156d;
$custom-light: #645498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.682,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27668,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16156D

secondary

#A2A33A

accent

#EB3DE9

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE7F2

border

#C6C3CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16156D

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

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