#16165D#16165D

#16165D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.122 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16165D
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(240, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(240, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.83, 26.27, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.83, 49.58, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(25.96% 0.0083 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(25.96% 0.122 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5929, 1.5345, 10.5133)
Luminance	0.0154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16165D #5D5D16

analogous

#16395D #16165D #39165D

triadic

#16165D #5D1616 #165D16

tetradic

#16165D #5D1639 #5D5D16 #165D39

square

#16165D #5D1639 #5D5D16 #165D39

split-complementary

#16165D #5D3916 #395D16

monochromatic

#060619 #0A0A2C #16165D #22228E #2D2DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.07

#16165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#16165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16165D

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16165D	1.00	16.07	1.31	16.07
#FFFFFF	16.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00255F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.122 273.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25956,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16165D

secondary

#94943B

accent

#E543E5

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#05020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16165D

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

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