#16164C#16164C

#16164C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.097 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16164C
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 76)
HSL	hsl(240, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(240, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.04, 19.69, -33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.04, 38.79, 300.49°)
OKLab	oklab(24.12% 0.0106 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(24.12% 0.097 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9219, 1.2660, 6.9792)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16164C #4C4C16

analogous

#16314C #16164C #31164C

triadic

#16164C #4C1616 #164C16

tetradic

#16164C #4C1631 #4C4C16 #164C31

square

#16164C #4C1631 #4C4C16 #164C31

split-complementary

#16164C #4C3116 #314C16

monochromatic

#070718 #08081D #16164C #24247B #3131AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.76

#16164C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#16164C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16164C

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16164C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16164C	1.00	16.76	1.25	16.76
#FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00204E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16164c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.097 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b537f',
    500: '#16164c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16164c;
$custom-light: #5b537f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16164c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24117,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16164C

secondary

#84843A

accent

#DE49DE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16164C

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

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