#16179F#16179F

#16179F is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.204 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16179F
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 159)
HSL	hsl(240, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(240, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 85.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.15, 48.37, -70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.15, 85.39, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% -0.0057 -0.2037)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.204 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8931, 3.2857, 33.0651)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16179F #9F9E16

analogous

#165B9F #16179F #59169F

triadic

#16179F #9F1617 #179F16

tetradic

#16179F #9F165B #9F9E16 #169F59

square

#16179F #9F165B #9F9E16 #169F59

split-complementary

#16179F #9F5916 #5B9F16

monochromatic

#070733 #0F0F69 #16179F #1D1FD5 #4A4BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#16179F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#16179F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16179F

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16179F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16179F	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16179f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.204 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7259bd',
    500: '#16179f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16179f;
$custom-light: #7259bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16179f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.562,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34147,
    "c": 0.20381,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16179F

secondary

#C7C64A

accent

#F136F2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #16179F

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

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