#16168C#16168C

#16168C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.182 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16168C
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.53, 42.79, -62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.53, 76.15, 304.19°)
OKLab	oklab(31.63% -0.0015 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(31.63% 0.182 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3498, 2.6372, 25.0329)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16168C #8C8C16

analogous

#16518C #16168C #51168C

triadic

#16168C #8C1616 #168C16

tetradic

#16168C #8C1651 #8C8C16 #168C51

square

#16168C #8C1651 #8C8C16 #168C51

split-complementary

#16168C #8C5116 #518C16

monochromatic

#050522 #0E0E57 #16168C #1E1EC1 #3C3CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#16168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#16168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16168C

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16168C	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00278A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.182 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d57af',
    500: '#16168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16168c;
$custom-light: #6d57af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31631,
    "c": 0.18238,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16168C

secondary

#C0C03E

accent

#F038F0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#090311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16168C

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

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