#16166F#16166F

#16166F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.146 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16166F
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 111)
HSL	hsl(240, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(240, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.91, 32.90, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.91, 60.27, 303.08°)
OKLab	oklab(28.06% 0.0047 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(28.06% 0.146 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4861, 1.8917, 15.2173)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16166F #6F6F16

analogous

#16426F #16166F #42166F

triadic

#16166F #6F1616 #166F16

tetradic

#16166F #6F1642 #6F6F16 #166F42

square

#16166F #6F1642 #6F6F16 #166F42

split-complementary

#16166F #6F4216 #426F16

monochromatic

#05051A #0C0C3C #16166F #2020A2 #2B2BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.24

#16166F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#16166F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16166F

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16166F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16166F	1.00	15.24	1.38	15.24
#FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16166f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.146 271.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16166f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28055,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16166F

secondary

#A5A53C

accent

#EA3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE8F2

border

#C6C4CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16166F

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

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