#16186A#16186A

#16186A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.138 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16186A
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 106)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(239, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 77.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.76, 29.85, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.76, 56.09, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(27.77% 0.0048 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(27.77% 0.138 272)
XYZ	xyz(3.2582, 1.8641, 13.8210)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16186A #6A6816

analogous

#16426A #16186A #3E166A

triadic

#16186A #6A1618 #186A16

tetradic

#16186A #6A1642 #6A6816 #166A3E

square

#16186A #6A1642 #6A6816 #166A3E

split-complementary

#16186A #6A3E16 #426A16

monochromatic

#050619 #0B0D37 #16186A #21239D #2B2FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.30

#16186A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16186A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16186A

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16186A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16186A	1.00	15.30	1.37	15.30
#FFFFFF	15.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00296C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00303F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16186a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.138 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635696',
    500: '#16186a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16186a;
$custom-light: #635696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16186a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.571,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27774,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.01864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16186A

secondary

#A09E3B

accent

#E53FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16186A

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

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