#16164A#16164A

#16164A is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.094 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16164A
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 74)
HSL	hsl(240, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(240, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.84, 18.89, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.84, 37.47, 300.27°)
OKLab	oklab(23.91% 0.0108 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(23.91% 0.094 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.8534, 1.2387, 6.6187)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16164A #4A4A16

analogous

#16304A #16164A #30164A

triadic

#16164A #4A1616 #164A16

tetradic

#16164A #4A1630 #4A4A16 #164A30

square

#16164A #4A1630 #4A4A16 #164A30

split-complementary

#16164A #4A3016 #304A16

monochromatic

#070718 #08081B #16164A #242479 #3232A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.83

#16164A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#16164A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16164A

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16164A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16164A	1.00	16.83	1.25	16.83
#FFFFFF	16.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00232D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16164a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.094 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b537d',
    500: '#16164a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16164a;
$custom-light: #5b537d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16164a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23913,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16164A

secondary

#82823A

accent

#DE4ADE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16164A

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

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