#16165B#16165B

#16165B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.7% C 0.119 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16165B
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(240, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(240, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.60, 25.51, -41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.60, 48.35, 301.84°)
OKLab	oklab(25.73% 0.0086 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(25.73% 0.119 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5055, 1.4995, 10.0529)
Luminance	0.0150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16165B #5B5B16

analogous

#16395B #16165B #39165B

triadic

#16165B #5B1616 #165B16

tetradic

#16165B #5B1639 #5B5B16 #165B39

square

#16165B #5B1639 #5B5B16 #165B39

split-complementary

#16165B #5B3916 #395B16

monochromatic

#060619 #0A0A2A #16165B #22228C #2E2EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.15

#16165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#16165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16165B

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16165B	1.00	16.15	1.30	16.15
#FFFFFF	16.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00245D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.7% 0.119 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f548a',
    500: '#16165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16165b;
$custom-light: #5f548a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25731,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16165B

secondary

#92923B

accent

#E444E4

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#05020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16165B

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

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