#16157F#16157F

#16157F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.167 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16157F
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(241, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(241, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.69, 39.00, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.69, 69.76, 303.99°)
OKLab	oklab(29.88% 0.0015 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(29.88% 0.167 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4285, 2.2387, 20.2733)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16157F #7E7F15

analogous

#15497F #16157F #4B157F

triadic

#16157F #7F1615 #157F16

tetradic

#16157F #7F1549 #7E7F15 #157F4B

square

#16157F #7F1549 #7E7F15 #157F4B

split-complementary

#16157F #7F4B15 #497F15

monochromatic

#05041A #0D0C4A #16157F #1F1EB4 #3331DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#16157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#16157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16157F

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16157F	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00247D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.167 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a55a5',
    500: '#16157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16157f;
$custom-light: #6a55a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.566,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2988,
    "c": 0.16745,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16157F

secondary

#B3B43C

accent

#EE39ED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16157F

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

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