#16177E#16177E

#16177E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.164 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16177E
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(239, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(239, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.94, 37.59, -56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.94, 68.11, 303.50°)
OKLab	oklab(30.01% 0.0012 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(30.01% 0.164 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4019, 2.2892, 19.9445)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16177E #7E7D16

analogous

#164B7E #16177E #49167E

triadic

#16177E #7E1617 #177E16

tetradic

#16177E #7E164B #7E7D16 #167E49

square

#16177E #7E164B #7E7D16 #167E49

split-complementary

#16177E #7E4916 #4B7E16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0D4A #16177E #1F21B2 #3335DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#16177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16177E

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16177E	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00247C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.164 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6956a5',
    500: '#16177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16177e;
$custom-light: #6956a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.423,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30014,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16177E

secondary

#B3B23D

accent

#EB3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16177E

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

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