#16165C#16165C

#16165C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.120 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16165C
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(240, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(240, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.72, 25.89, -41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.72, 48.97, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(25.84% 0.0084 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(25.84% 0.12 274)
XYZ	xyz(2.5489, 1.5169, 10.2816)
Luminance	0.0152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16165C #5C5C16

analogous

#16395C #16165C #39165C

triadic

#16165C #5C1616 #165C16

tetradic

#16165C #5C1639 #5C5C16 #165C39

square

#16165C #5C1639 #5C5C16 #165C39

split-complementary

#16165C #5C3916 #395C16

monochromatic

#060619 #0A0A2B #16165C #22228D #2E2EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.11

#16165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#16165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16165C

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16165C	1.00	16.11	1.30	16.11
#FFFFFF	16.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00245E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002937

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.120 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60548b',
    500: '#16165c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16165c;
$custom-light: #60548b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25843,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.01517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16165C

secondary

#93933B

accent

#E543E5

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#05020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16165C

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

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