#16184F#16184F

#16184F is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.099 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16184F
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 79)
HSL	hsl(238, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.88, 19.42, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.88, 39.26, 299.66°)
OKLab	oklab(24.82% 0.0085 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(24.82% 0.099 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.0683, 1.3882, 7.5546)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.92

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16184F #4F4D16

analogous

#16344F #16184F #31164F

triadic

#16184F #4F1618 #184F16

tetradic

#16184F #4F1634 #4F4D16 #164F31

square

#16184F #4F1634 #4F4D16 #164F31

split-complementary

#16184F #4F3116 #344F16

monochromatic

#070718 #09091F #16184F #23277F #3135AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.44

#16184F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#16184F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16184F

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16184F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16184F	1.00	16.44	1.28	16.44
#FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16184f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.099 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5481',
    500: '#16184f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16184f;
$custom-light: #5c5481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16184f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.895,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24824,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16184F

secondary

#86843A

accent

#DA48E0

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16184F

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

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