#16165A#16165A

#16165A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.6% C 0.118 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16165A
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(240, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(240, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.50, 25.13, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.50, 47.73, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(25.62% 0.0088 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(25.62% 0.118 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.4626, 1.4823, 9.8272)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16165A #5A5A16

analogous

#16385A #16165A #38165A

triadic

#16165A #5A1616 #165A16

tetradic

#16165A #5A1638 #5A5A16 #165A38

square

#16165A #5A1638 #5A5A16 #165A38

split-complementary

#16165A #5A3816 #385A16

monochromatic

#060619 #0A0A29 #16165A #22228B #2E2EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.20

#16165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#16165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16165A

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16165A	1.00	16.20	1.30	16.20
#FFFFFF	16.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00245C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.6% 0.118 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f5389',
    500: '#16165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16165a;
$custom-light: #5f5389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25619,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16165A

secondary

#91913B

accent

#E444E4

background

#F5F4F8

surface

#EAE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#05020C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16165A

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

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