#16176C#16176C

#16176C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.141 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16176C
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(239, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.77, 31.21, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.77, 57.91, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(27.85% 0.0049 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(27.85% 0.141 272)
XYZ	xyz(3.3431, 1.8657, 14.3684)
Luminance	0.0187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16176C #6C6B16

analogous

#16426C #16176C #40166C

triadic

#16176C #6C1617 #176C16

tetradic

#16176C #6C1642 #6C6B16 #166C40

square

#16176C #6C1642 #6C6B16 #166C40

split-complementary

#16176C #6C4016 #426C16

monochromatic

#050519 #0C0C39 #16176C #20229F #2B2DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.29

#16176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16176C

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16176C	1.00	15.29	1.37	15.29
#FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00296E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.141 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645597',
    500: '#16176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16176c;
$custom-light: #645597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.302,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27849,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.01866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16176C

secondary

#A2A13C

accent

#E73FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16176C

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

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