#16166A#16166A

#16166A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.140 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16166A
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 106)
HSL	hsl(240, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(240, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.31, 31.09, -48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.31, 57.37, 302.82°)
OKLab	oklab(27.46% 0.0058 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(27.46% 0.14 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2184, 1.7847, 13.8077)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16166A #6A6A16

analogous

#16406A #16166A #40166A

triadic

#16166A #6A1616 #166A16

tetradic

#16166A #6A1640 #6A6A16 #166A40

square

#16166A #6A1640 #6A6A16 #166A40

split-complementary

#16166A #6A4016 #406A16

monochromatic

#050519 #0B0B37 #16166A #21219D #2B2BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.48

#16166A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#16166A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16166A

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16166A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16166A	1.00	15.48	1.36	15.48
#FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00286C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16166a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.140 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635496',
    500: '#16166a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16166a;
$custom-light: #635496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16166a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27459,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16166A

secondary

#A0A03B

accent

#E93FE9

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE8F2

border

#C6C4CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16166A

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

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