#16177A#16177A

#16177A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.159 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16177A
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(239, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(239, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 36.20, -55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 65.89, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(29.53% 0.0021 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(29.53% 0.159 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1489, 2.1880, 18.6122)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16177A #7A7916

analogous

#16497A #16177A #47167A

triadic

#16177A #7A1617 #177A16

tetradic

#16177A #7A1649 #7A7916 #167A47

square

#16177A #7A1649 #7A7916 #167A47

split-complementary

#16177A #7A4716 #497A16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0D46 #16177A #1F21AE #3132DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#16177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#16177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16177A

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16177A	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.159 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6856a2',
    500: '#16177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16177a;
$custom-light: #6856a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29526,
    "c": 0.15944,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16177A

secondary

#AFAE3D

accent

#EA3CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16177A

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

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