#16157B#16157B

#16157B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.163 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16157B
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(241, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(241, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.19, 37.65, -56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.19, 67.58, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(29.38% 0.0024 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(29.38% 0.163 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1730, 2.1365, 18.9275)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16157B #7A7B15

analogous

#15477B #16157B #49157B

triadic

#16157B #7B1615 #157B16

tetradic

#16157B #7B1547 #7A7B15 #157B49

square

#16157B #7B1547 #7A7B15 #157B49

split-complementary

#16157B #7B4915 #477B15

monochromatic

#05041A #0D0C47 #16157B #1F1EAF #312FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#16157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#16157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16157B

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16157B	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.163 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6855a2',
    500: '#16157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16157b;
$custom-light: #6855a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.588,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29382,
    "c": 0.1625,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16157B

secondary

#AFB03B

accent

#EE3AEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16157B

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

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