#16157C#16157C

#16157C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.164 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16157C
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(241, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(241, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.31, 37.99, -56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.31, 68.13, 303.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.51% 0.0022 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(29.51% 0.164 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2359, 2.1617, 19.2589)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16157C #7B7C15

analogous

#15477C #16157C #49157C

triadic

#16157C #7C1615 #157C16

tetradic

#16157C #7C1547 #7B7C15 #157C49

square

#16157C #7C1547 #7B7C15 #157C49

split-complementary

#16157C #7C4915 #477C15

monochromatic

#05041A #0D0C48 #16157C #1F1EB0 #3130DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#16157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#16157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16157C

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16157C	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00237A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.164 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6955a3',
    500: '#16157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16157c;
$custom-light: #6955a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.583,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29506,
    "c": 0.16374,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16157C

secondary

#B0B13C

accent

#EE3AEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16157C

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

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