#16169E#16169E

#16169E is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.203 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16169E
RGBrgb(22, 22, 158)
HSLhsl(240, 76%, 35%)
HSVhsv(240, 86%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(86.1%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(20.87, 48.50, -70.23)
CIE-LCHlch(20.87, 85.34, 304.63°)
OKLaboklab(33.92% -0.0054 -0.2033)
OKLCHoklch(33.92% 0.203 268.5)
XYZxyz(6.7872, 3.2122, 32.6034)
Luminance0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16169E #9E9E16
analogous
#165A9E #16169E #5A169E
triadic
#16169E #9E1616 #169E16
tetradic
#16169E #9E165A #9E9E16 #169E5A
square
#16169E #9E165A #9E9E16 #169E5A
split-complementary
#16169E #9E5A16 #5A9E16
monochromatic
#070733 #0F0F68 #16169E #1D1DD4 #4949E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78
#16169E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64
#16169E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16169E
12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16169E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16169E1.0012.781.6412.78
#FFFFFF12.781.0021.001.00
#0000001.6421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0039A2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#002B9C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00445D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.203 268.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7258bc',
    500: '#16169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16169e;
$custom-light: #7258bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33917,
    "c": 0.20335,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16169E
secondary
#C7C749
accent
#F236F2
background
#F7F5FB
surface
#EEE9F7
border
#C9C5D0
text
#0A0412
muted
#7C7981

Preview Lab

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#16169E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva