#16163C#16163C

#16163C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.071 H 279.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16163C
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 60)
HSL	hsl(240, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(240, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 63.3%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.57, 13.33, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.57, 27.96, 298.47°)
OKLab	oklab(22.57% 0.0112 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(22.57% 0.071 279)
XYZ	xyz(1.4331, 1.0705, 4.4052)
Luminance	0.0107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16163C #3C3C16

analogous

#16293C #16163C #29163C

triadic

#16163C #3C1616 #163C16

tetradic

#16163C #3C1629 #3C3C16 #163C29

square

#16163C #3C1629 #3C3C16 #163C29

split-complementary

#16163C #3C2916 #293C16

monochromatic

#080816 #080816 #16163C #262669 #373796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.30

#16163C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#16163C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16163C

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16163C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16163C	1.00	17.30	1.21	17.30
#FFFFFF	17.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#011C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00193B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#051F26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16163c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.071 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575372',
    500: '#16163c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16163c;
$custom-light: #575372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16163c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22572,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.01071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16163C

secondary

#73733B

accent

#D652D6

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EC

border

#C5C3C7

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16163C

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

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