#16168F#16168F

#16168F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.186 H 269.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16168F
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.92, 43.76, -64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.92, 77.71, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(32.01% -0.0022 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(32.01% 0.186 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5740, 2.7269, 26.2138)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16168F #8F8F16

analogous

#16538F #16168F #53168F

triadic

#16168F #8F1616 #168F16

tetradic

#16168F #8F1653 #8F8F16 #168F53

square

#16168F #8F1653 #8F8F16 #168F53

split-complementary

#16168F #8F5316 #538F16

monochromatic

#060625 #0E0E5A #16168F #1E1EC4 #3E3EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#16168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#16168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16168F

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16168F	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00278D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.186 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e57b1',
    500: '#16168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16168f;
$custom-light: #6e57b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3201,
    "c": 0.18594,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16168F

secondary

#C1C13F

accent

#F038F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16168F

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

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