#16156E#16156E

#16156E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.146 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16156E
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(241, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(241, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.58, 33.13, -50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.58, 60.31, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(27.79% 0.0053 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(27.79% 0.146 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4126, 1.8323, 14.9227)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16156E #6D6E15

analogous

#15406E #16156E #42156E

triadic

#16156E #6E1615 #156E16

tetradic

#16156E #6E1540 #6D6E15 #156E42

square

#16156E #6E1540 #6D6E15 #156E42

split-complementary

#16156E #6E4215 #406E15

monochromatic

#05051A #0C0B3B #16156E #201FA1 #2B29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.37

#16156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16156E

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16156E	1.00	15.37	1.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	15.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00206C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.146 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655499',
    500: '#16156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16156e;
$custom-light: #655499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.674,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27789,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16156E

secondary

#A3A43A

accent

#EB3DE9

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE7F2

border

#C6C3CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16156E

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

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