#16157E#16157E

#16157E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.166 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16157E
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(241, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(241, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, 38.66, -57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 69.22, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(29.76% 0.0018 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(29.76% 0.166 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3637, 2.2128, 19.9317)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16157E #7D7E15

analogous

#15497E #16157E #4B157E

triadic

#16157E #7E1615 #157E16

tetradic

#16157E #7E1549 #7D7E15 #157E4B

square

#16157E #7E1549 #7D7E15 #157E4B

split-complementary

#16157E #7E4B15 #497E15

monochromatic

#05041A #0D0C4A #16157E #1F1EB2 #3231DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#16157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#16157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16157E

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16157E	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00237C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.166 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6955a5',
    500: '#16157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16157e;
$custom-light: #6955a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29755,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16157E

secondary

#B2B33C

accent

#EE3AEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16157E

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

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