#16176B#16176B

#16176B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.140 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16176B
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(239, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.65, 30.84, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.65, 57.32, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(27.73% 0.0051 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(27.73% 0.14 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.2902, 1.8446, 14.0897)
Luminance	0.0185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16176B #6B6A16

analogous

#16416B #16176B #3F166B

triadic

#16176B #6B1617 #176B16

tetradic

#16176B #6B1641 #6B6A16 #166B3F

square

#16176B #6B1641 #6B6A16 #166B3F

split-complementary

#16176B #6B3F16 #416B16

monochromatic

#050519 #0C0C38 #16176B #20229E #2B2DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.34

#16176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16176B

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16176B	1.00	15.34	1.37	15.34
#FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00296D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.140 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645596',
    500: '#16176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16176b;
$custom-light: #645596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.294,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27732,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16176B

secondary

#A1A03B

accent

#E73FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16176B

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

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