#16177D#16177D

#16177D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.163 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16177D
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(239, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(239, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.81, 37.24, -56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.81, 67.56, 303.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.89% 0.0014 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(29.89% 0.163 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3377, 2.2635, 19.6064)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16177D #7D7C16

analogous

#164B7D #16177D #49167D

triadic

#16177D #7D1617 #177D16

tetradic

#16177D #7D164B #7D7C16 #167D49

square

#16177D #7D164B #7D7C16 #167D49

split-complementary

#16177D #7D4916 #4B7D16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0D49 #16177D #1F21B1 #3234DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#16177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#16177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16177D

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16177D	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00247B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.163 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6956a4',
    500: '#16177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16177d;
$custom-light: #6956a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.417,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29892,
    "c": 0.16322,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16177D

secondary

#B2B13D

accent

#EB3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16177D

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

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