#16157D#16157D

#16157D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.165 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16157D
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(241, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(241, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 38.33, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 68.67, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.63% 0.002 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(29.63% 0.165 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2995, 2.1871, 19.5936)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16157D #7C7D15

analogous

#15487D #16157D #4A157D

triadic

#16157D #7D1615 #157D16

tetradic

#16157D #7D1548 #7C7D15 #157D4A

square

#16157D #7D1548 #7C7D15 #157D4A

split-complementary

#16157D #7D4A15 #487D15

monochromatic

#05041A #0D0C49 #16157D #1F1EB1 #3230DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#16157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#16157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16157D

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16157D	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00237B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.165 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6955a4',
    500: '#16157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16157d;
$custom-light: #6955a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.577,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2963,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16157D

secondary

#B1B23C

accent

#EE3AEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16157D

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

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