#16163F#16163F

#16163F is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.8% C 0.076 H 278.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16163F
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 63)
HSL	hsl(240, 48%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(240, 65%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 65.1%, 0%, 75.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.82, 14.52, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.82, 30.04, 298.90°)
OKLab	oklab(22.85% 0.0113 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(22.85% 0.076 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.5147, 1.1032, 4.8348)
Luminance	0.0110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16163F #3F3F16

analogous

#162B3F #16163F #2B163F

triadic

#16163F #3F1616 #163F16

tetradic

#16163F #3F162B #3F3F16 #163F2B

square

#16163F #3F162B #3F3F16 #163F2B

split-complementary

#16163F #3F2B16 #2B3F16

monochromatic

#080817 #080817 #16163F #26266C #36369A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.20

#16163F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#16163F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16163F

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16163F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16163F	1.00	17.20	1.22	17.20
#FFFFFF	17.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00193E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#022027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16163f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.8% 0.076 278.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16163f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22845,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16163F

secondary

#76763B

accent

#D850D8

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#030208

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16163F

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

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