#16156F#16156F

#16156F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.147 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16156F
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(241, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(241, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.70, 33.49, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.70, 60.88, 303.37°)
OKLab	oklab(27.91% 0.0051 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(27.91% 0.147 272)
XYZ	xyz(3.4673, 1.8542, 15.2110)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16156F #6E6F15

analogous

#15416F #16156F #43156F

triadic

#16156F #6F1615 #156F16

tetradic

#16156F #6F1541 #6E6F15 #156F43

square

#16156F #6F1541 #6E6F15 #156F43

split-complementary

#16156F #6F4315 #416F15

monochromatic

#05051A #0C0B3C #16156F #201FA2 #2A28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.32

#16156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16156F

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16156F	1.00	15.32	1.37	15.32
#FFFFFF	15.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.147 272.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2791,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.01855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16156F

secondary

#A4A53A

accent

#EB3DE9

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE8F2

border

#C6C4CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16156F

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

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