#16168E#16168E

#16168E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.185 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16168E
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.79, 43.44, -63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.79, 77.19, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(31.88% -0.002 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(31.88% 0.185 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4986, 2.6967, 25.8167)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16168E #8E8E16

analogous

#16528E #16168E #52168E

triadic

#16168E #8E1616 #168E16

tetradic

#16168E #8E1652 #8E8E16 #168E52

square

#16168E #8E1652 #8E8E16 #168E52

split-complementary

#16168E #8E5216 #528E16

monochromatic

#060624 #0E0E59 #16168E #1E1EC3 #3D3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#16168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#16168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16168E

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16168E	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00278C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.185 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e57b0',
    500: '#16168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16168e;
$custom-light: #6e57b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31883,
    "c": 0.18476,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16168E

secondary

#C1C13F

accent

#F038F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16168E

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

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