#16165E#16165E

#16165E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.123 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16165E
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(240, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(240, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.94, 26.65, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.94, 50.20, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(26.07% 0.0081 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(26.07% 0.123 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.6375, 1.5523, 10.7481)
Luminance	0.0155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16165E #5E5E16

analogous

#163A5E #16165E #3A165E

triadic

#16165E #5E1616 #165E16

tetradic

#16165E #5E163A #5E5E16 #165E3A

square

#16165E #5E163A #5E5E16 #165E3A

split-complementary

#16165E #5E3A16 #3A5E16

monochromatic

#060619 #0A0A2C #16165E #222290 #2D2DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.02

#16165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#16165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16165E

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16165E	1.00	16.02	1.31	16.02
#FFFFFF	16.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.123 273.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26069,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16165E

secondary

#95953B

accent

#E543E5

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#05020C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16165E

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

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