#16164B#16164B

#16164B is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.095 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16164B
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 75)
HSL	hsl(240, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(240, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.94, 19.29, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.94, 38.14, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(24.01% 0.0107 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(24.01% 0.095 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8874, 1.2522, 6.7975)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16164B #4B4B16

analogous

#16314B #16164B #31164B

triadic

#16164B #4B1616 #164B16

tetradic

#16164B #4B1631 #4B4B16 #164B31

square

#16164B #4B1631 #4B4B16 #164B31

split-complementary

#16164B #4B3116 #314B16

monochromatic

#070718 #08081C #16164B #24247A #3232AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.79

#16164B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#16164B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16164B

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16164B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16164B	1.00	16.79	1.25	16.79
#FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00204D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16164b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.095 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b537e',
    500: '#16164b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16164b;
$custom-light: #5b537e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16164b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24014,
    "c": 0.09542,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16164B

secondary

#83833A

accent

#DE4ADE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16164B

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

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