#16184E#16184E

#16184E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.097 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16184E
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 78)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.78, 19.03, -33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.78, 38.60, 299.53°)
OKLab	oklab(24.72% 0.0086 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(24.72% 0.097 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.0322, 1.3737, 7.3643)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16184E #4E4C16

analogous

#16344E #16184E #30164E

triadic

#16184E #4E1618 #184E16

tetradic

#16184E #4E1634 #4E4C16 #164E30

square

#16184E #4E1634 #4E4C16 #164E30

split-complementary

#16184E #4E3016 #344E16

monochromatic

#070718 #09091E #16184E #23277E #3135AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.47

#16184E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#16184E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16184E

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16184E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16184E	1.00	16.47	1.27	16.47
#FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16184e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.097 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5480',
    500: '#16184e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16184e;
$custom-light: #5c5480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16184e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24723,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16184E

secondary

#85833A

accent

#DA49DF

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16184E

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

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