#16186C#16186C

#16186C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.140 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16186C
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 108)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(239, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.99, 30.59, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.99, 57.27, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(28.01% 0.0044 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(28.01% 0.14 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.3634, 1.9062, 14.3751)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16186C #6C6A16

analogous

#16436C #16186C #3F166C

triadic

#16186C #6C1618 #186C16

tetradic

#16186C #6C1643 #6C6A16 #166C3F

square

#16186C #6C1643 #6C6A16 #166C3F

split-complementary

#16186C #6C3F16 #436C16

monochromatic

#050619 #0C0D39 #16186C #20239F #2B2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#16186C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#16186C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16186C

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16186C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16186C	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00216B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16186c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.140 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645697',
    500: '#16186c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16186c;
$custom-light: #645697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16186c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.605,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28006,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16186C

secondary

#A2A03C

accent

#E53FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16186C

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

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