#16168D#16168D

#16168D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.184 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16168D
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.66, 43.12, -63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.66, 76.67, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(31.76% -0.0018 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(31.76% 0.184 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4239, 2.6668, 25.4230)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16168D #8D8D16

analogous

#16528D #16168D #52168D

triadic

#16168D #8D1616 #168D16

tetradic

#16168D #8D1652 #8D8D16 #168D52

square

#16168D #8D1652 #8D8D16 #168D52

split-complementary

#16168D #8D5216 #528D16

monochromatic

#050523 #0E0E58 #16168D #1E1EC2 #3D3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#16168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#16168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16168D

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16168D	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00278B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.184 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d57b0',
    500: '#16168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16168d;
$custom-light: #6d57b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31757,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16168D

secondary

#C1C13E

accent

#F038F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16168D

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

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