#16177F#16177F

#16177F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.166 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16177F
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(239, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(239, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.06, 37.93, -57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.06, 68.65, 303.54°)
OKLab	oklab(30.14% 0.001 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(30.14% 0.166 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4667, 2.3152, 20.2860)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16177F #7F7E16

analogous

#164C7F #16177F #4A167F

triadic

#16177F #7F1617 #177F16

tetradic

#16177F #7F164C #7F7E16 #167F4A

square

#16177F #7F164C #7F7E16 #167F4A

split-complementary

#16177F #7F4A16 #4C7F16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0E4B #16177F #1F20B3 #3435DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#16177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16177F

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16177F	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00257D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.166 270.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.429,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30137,
    "c": 0.16571,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16177F

secondary

#B4B33D

accent

#EC3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16177F

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

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