#16159E#16159E

#16159E is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.204 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16159E
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(240, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(240, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 48.93, -70.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 85.79, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% -0.0053 -0.2039)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.204 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7685, 3.1747, 32.5972)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16159E #9D9E15

analogous

#15589E #16159E #5A159E

triadic

#16159E #9E1615 #159E16

tetradic

#16159E #9E1558 #9D9E15 #159E5A

square

#16159E #9E1558 #9D9E15 #159E5A

split-complementary

#16159E #9E5A15 #589E15

monochromatic

#070732 #0E0E68 #16159E #1E1CD4 #4847E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#16159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#16159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16159E

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16159E	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0039A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.204 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7258bc',
    500: '#16159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16159e;
$custom-light: #7258bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.438,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33818,
    "c": 0.20402,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16159E

secondary

#C7C747

accent

#F335F2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #16159E

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

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