#16168B#16168B

#16168B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.181 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16168B
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.40, 42.46, -62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.40, 75.63, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(31.51% -0.0013 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(31.51% 0.181 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2764, 2.6078, 24.6464)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16168B #8B8B16

analogous

#16518B #16168B #51168B

triadic

#16168B #8B1616 #168B16

tetradic

#16168B #8B1651 #8B8B16 #168B51

square

#16168B #8B1651 #8B8B16 #168B51

split-complementary

#16168B #8B5116 #518B16

monochromatic

#050521 #0E0E56 #16168B #1E1EC0 #3B3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.80

#16168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#16168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16168B

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16168B	1.00	13.80	1.52	13.80
#FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.181 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d57ae',
    500: '#16168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16168b;
$custom-light: #6d57ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31505,
    "c": 0.18118,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16168B

secondary

#BFBF3E

accent

#EF38EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#080310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16168B

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

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