#16163E#16163E

#16163E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.8% C 0.075 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16163E
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 62)
HSL	hsl(240, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(240, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.74, 14.12, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.74, 29.35, 298.76°)
OKLab	oklab(22.75% 0.0113 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(22.75% 0.075 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.4870, 1.0921, 4.6889)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16163E #3E3E16

analogous

#162A3E #16163E #2A163E

triadic

#16163E #3E1616 #163E16

tetradic

#16163E #3E162A #3E3E16 #163E2A

square

#16163E #3E162A #3E3E16 #163E2A

split-complementary

#16163E #3E2A16 #2A3E16

monochromatic

#080817 #080817 #16163E #26266B #363698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.24

#16163E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#16163E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16163E

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16163E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16163E	1.00	17.24	1.22	17.24
#FFFFFF	17.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00193D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#031F27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16163e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.8% 0.075 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585374',
    500: '#16163e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16163e;
$custom-light: #585374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16163e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22753,
    "c": 0.0746,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16163E

secondary

#75753B

accent

#D751D7

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16163E

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

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