#16166D#16166D

#16166D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.144 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16166D
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(240, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(240, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.67, 32.18, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.67, 59.12, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(27.82% 0.0051 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(27.82% 0.144 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.3772, 1.8482, 14.6438)
Luminance	0.0185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16166D #6D6D16

analogous

#16416D #16166D #41166D

triadic

#16166D #6D1616 #166D16

tetradic

#16166D #6D1641 #6D6D16 #166D41

square

#16166D #6D1641 #6D6D16 #166D41

split-complementary

#16166D #6D4116 #416D16

monochromatic

#050519 #0C0C3A #16166D #2020A0 #2B2BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.33

#16166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16166D

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16166D	1.00	15.33	1.37	15.33
#FFFFFF	15.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00296F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.144 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645598',
    500: '#16166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16166d;
$custom-light: #645598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27816,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16166D

secondary

#A3A33C

accent

#E93EE9

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE8F2

border

#C6C4CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16166D

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

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