#16166E#16166E

#16166E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.145 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16166E
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(240, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(240, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.79, 32.54, -50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.79, 59.70, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(27.94% 0.0049 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(27.94% 0.145 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.4313, 1.8698, 14.9289)
Luminance	0.0187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16166E #6E6E16

analogous

#16426E #16166E #42166E

triadic

#16166E #6E1616 #166E16

tetradic

#16166E #6E1642 #6E6E16 #166E42

square

#16166E #6E1642 #6E6E16 #166E42

split-complementary

#16166E #6E4216 #426E16

monochromatic

#05051A #0C0C3B #16166E #2020A1 #2A2AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.28

#16166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16166E

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16166E	1.00	15.28	1.37	15.28
#FFFFFF	15.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.145 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655599',
    500: '#16166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16166e;
$custom-light: #655599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27935,
    "c": 0.14495,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16166E

secondary

#A4A43C

accent

#EA3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE8F2

border

#C6C4CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16166E

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

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