#16176E#16176E

#16176E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.144 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16176E
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(239, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(239, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.00, 31.94, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.00, 59.07, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(28.08% 0.0045 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(28.08% 0.144 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4508, 1.9088, 14.9354)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16176E #6E6D16

analogous

#16436E #16176E #41166E

triadic

#16176E #6E1617 #176E16

tetradic

#16176E #6E1643 #6E6D16 #166E41

square

#16176E #6E1643 #6E6D16 #166E41

split-complementary

#16176E #6E4116 #436E16

monochromatic

#05051A #0C0C3B #16176E #2022A1 #2A2CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#16176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#16176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16176E

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16176E	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.144 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655599',
    500: '#16176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16176e;
$custom-light: #655599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.318,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28085,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16176E

secondary

#A4A33C

accent

#E83EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16176E

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

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