#16166C#16166C

#16166C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.142 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16166C
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(240, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(240, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.55, 31.82, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.55, 58.54, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(27.7% 0.0054 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(27.7% 0.142 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3236, 1.8267, 14.3619)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16166C #6C6C16

analogous

#16416C #16166C #41166C

triadic

#16166C #6C1616 #166C16

tetradic

#16166C #6C1641 #6C6C16 #166C41

square

#16166C #6C1641 #6C6C16 #166C41

split-complementary

#16166C #6C4116 #416C16

monochromatic

#050519 #0C0C39 #16166C #20209F #2B2BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.38

#16166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16166C

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16166C	1.00	15.38	1.37	15.38
#FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00296E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00206A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.142 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645497',
    500: '#16166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16166c;
$custom-light: #645497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27696,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16166C

secondary

#A2A23C

accent

#E93FE9

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE8F2

border

#C6C4CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16166C

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

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