#16176D#16176D

#16176D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.143 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16176D
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(239, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.88, 31.58, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.88, 58.49, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(27.97% 0.0047 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(27.97% 0.143 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.3967, 1.8871, 14.6503)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16176D #6D6C16

analogous

#16426D #16176D #40166D

triadic

#16176D #6D1617 #176D16

tetradic

#16176D #6D1642 #6D6C16 #166D40

square

#16176D #6D1642 #6D6C16 #166D40

split-complementary

#16176D #6D4016 #426D16

monochromatic

#050519 #0C0C3A #16176D #2022A0 #2B2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.25

#16176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#16176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16176D

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16176D	1.00	15.25	1.38	15.25
#FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.143 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645598',
    500: '#16176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16176d;
$custom-light: #645598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.31,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27967,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16176D

secondary

#A3A23C

accent

#E73EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16176D

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

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